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Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Guide to building software on Linux and UNIX
Using HCL VersionVault build tools with Java
The build behavior of Java tools causes various problems for clearmake. Understand the problems and some possible solutions to resolve them.
Auditing Ant builds
Jakarta Ant is an open-sourced build tool for Java.

Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
- Managing software projects
- Workflow for creating projects
- Workflow for making baselines
- Workflow for recommending baselines
- Guide to building software on Linux and UNIX
  - HCL VersionVault build concepts
    HCL VersionVault supports makefile based building of software systems and provides a software build environment closely resembling that of the make program.
  - Derived objects and configuration records
    Learn about derived objects and configuration records.
  - Pointers on using HCL VersionVault build tools
    Learn how to use VersionVault build tools.
  - Working with DOs and configuration records
    You can perform operations on derived objects and configuration records.
  - clearmake makefiles and BOS files
    The HCL VersionVault build program, clearmake can process makefiles.
  - Using clearmake compatibility modes
    clearmake is designed for compatibility with existing make programs, which minimizes the changes you need to make to your makefiles.
  - Using HCL VersionVault to build C++ programs
    Use clearmake effectively with C++ programs built with various compilers.
  - Using HCL VersionVault build tools with Java
    The build behavior of Java tools causes various problems for clearmake. Understand the problems and some possible solutions to resolve them.
    - Using make tools with javac
      You can use make tools with the javac compiler.
    - Using javac with clearmake
      You can use the javac compiler with clearmake.
    - Building Java applications successfully without .JAVAC
      Learn how to build Java applications without .JAVAC.
    - Auditing Ant builds
      Jakarta Ant is an open-sourced build tool for Java.
      - Ant build process overview
        Ant builds are divided into discrete units.
      - Audits of tasks and targets
        CCAudits starts an HCL VersionVault audit for every target build in Ant.
      - Project and target derived objects
        When Ant builds a target, it does not write a file corresponding to that target, nor does it do so for projects. However, CCAudits writes out a file for every project, sub-project, and target that is built.
      - Prerequisites
        To audit Ant builds, full VersionVault must be installed on the client host that is running Jakarta Ant. HCL VersionVault services must be started on that client host.
      - Starting CCAudits
        Learn how to start CCAudits.
      - The build.xml file
        By default, the Ant build uses the file, build.xml to specify the parameters of the build.
      - Using CCAudits in Eclipse
        You can set up an Ant Build using CCAudits in the Eclipse environment:
      - Limitations
        Learn about the limitations of the CCAudits for the current release.
  - Setting up a parallel build
    Learn the process to set up and run builds that use several hosts in the local area network.
  - Building software for multiple platforms
    Learn how to address the challenge of using a single source tree to develop an application for a variety of hardware and software platforms.
  - Setting up a build on a non-VersionVault host
    There is a technique to create configuration records for a build that involves HCL VersionVault data, but is performed on a non-VersionVault host.
- Guide to building software on Windows

Auditing Ant builds

Jakarta Ant is an open-sourced build tool for Java.

HCL provides an optional plug-in for Ant, called CCAudits, which enables HCL VersionVault to audit builds created with Jakarta Ant version 1.6.1 or later.