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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.
Building Java applications successfully without .JAVAC
Learn how to build Java applications without .JAVAC.

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.
      - Writing correct makefiles
        This is an alternative method to build Java applications with clearmake.
      - Allowing rebuilds
        Learn about clearmake rebuilds.
      - Configuring makefiles to behave like make
        By using special targets, you can configure your clearmake makefile so that clearmake behaves as make does with regard to Java builds.
    - Auditing Ant builds
      Jakarta Ant is an open-sourced build tool for Java.
  - 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

Building Java applications successfully without .JAVAC

Learn how to build Java applications without .JAVAC.

The following alternatives allow you to successfully build Java applications with clearmake:

Write the makefile correctly.
Allow clearmake to rebuild.
Configure clearmake makefiles to behave like make.