cleartool mkelem -eltype run on Solaris 10 x86 reports error: Unexpected value (4) returned by type manager

When trying to use mkelem with an eltype on Solaris 10 x86, it fails with an error on ClearCase 7.1:
 
cleartool mkelem -eltype utf8_file -nc foobar.c
/libjvm.so'.pt/ibm/RationalSDLC/common/java/jre/lib/i386/server
cleartool: Error: Unexpected value (4) returned by type manager "utf8_file_delta"
cleartool: Error: Unable to create element "foobar.c".

This issue has been identified as a product defect under APAR PM00053.

Solaris 10 x86 with ClearCase 7.1

A truss of the process will reveal the extra character in the library path.

11509:  xstat(2, "/opt/ibm/RationalSDLC/common/java/jre/lib/i386/server^M/libjvm.so", 0x08047090) Err#2 ENOENT


The following steps can be used to reproduce the error:

1. cleartool mkvob -tag /tmp/test_jolt /tmp/ccstg/test_jolt.vbs
2. cleartool mkview -tag test_jolt /tmp/ccstg/test_jolt.vws
3. Set to the View and mount the VOB
4. cleartool mkeltype -supertype file -manager utf8_file_delta utf8_file
   Comments for "utf8_file":
   .
   Created element type "utf8_file".
5. cleartool co -nc .
   Checked out "." from version "/main/0".
6. cleartool mkelem -eltype utf8_file -nc foobar.c
   /libjvm.so'.pt/ibm/RationalSDLC/common/java/jre/lib/i386/server
   cleartool: Error: Unexpected value (4) returned by type manager "utf8_file_delta"
   cleartool: Error: Unable to create element "foobar.c".

There are no plans to fix this issue since it has a simple workaround (documented below) and the issue cannot be addressed within the next 6 to 9 months without neglecting issues of higher severity.

WORKAROUND

The following can be used to correct the issue.

dos2unix /opt/ibm/RationalSDLC/common/java/jre/lib/i386/jvm.cfg /opt/ibm/RationalSDLC/common/java/jre/lib/i386/jvm.cfg.