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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
Setting up a parallel build
Learn the process to set up and run builds that use several hosts in the local area network.
Preventing exponential invocations of abe
Follow the process mentioned in this content to prevent exponential invocations of abe.

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.
  - Setting up a parallel build
    Learn the process to set up and run builds that use several hosts in the local area network.
    - Overview of parallel building
      HCL VersionVault can perform builds in which multiple processes execute in parallel the build scripts associated with the makefile targets.
    - Setting up the client host
      There are some issues in setting up the client host, so consider them.
    - Setting up server hosts
      Learn how to set up server hosts.
    - Starting a parallel build
      Follow the steps mentioned in this content to start a parallel build.
    - Preventing parallel builds of targets
      Follow the process mentioned in this content to prevent parallel builds of targets.
    - Preventing exponential invocations of abe
      Follow the process mentioned in this content to prevent exponential invocations of abe.
  - 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

Preventing exponential invocations of abe

Follow the process mentioned in this content to prevent exponential invocations of abe.

clearmake does not pass the -J (parallel build) flag to child make processes involved in a recursive build. But if you explicitly instruct the child make processes to build parallel, and if the idleness in the build host and the bldserver.control files does not prevent it, then the build runs the risk of starting more total abes than you want or than the build servers can handle.

To prevent a build of makefile from contributing abes, use the .NOTPARALLEL special makefile target.