PK70509: CAL CmdExec to retrieve Squid activity state information fails w ith 'Unable to lookup ClearQuest connections'

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• The CAL CmdExec function fails when doing an lsact -l or lsact
  -fmt %[crm_state]p.  This only happens when the UCM project is
  CQ enabled, and CAL is forced to retrieve the record state from
  CQ.  This does not happen when running lsact as a cleartool
  command.
  
  Windows Powershell example:
  
  PS C:\temp> $ct = new-object -com ClearCase.ClearTool
  PS C:\temp> $ct.CmdExec('lsact -fmt `'%[crm_state]p`'
  activity:ACQ00000001@\UCM_P
  VOB')
  The parameter is incorrect.
  Unable to lookup ClearQuest connections.
  Unknown error 0xC0000005
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• SQUID was rewritten after the McKinley release.  When used
  through Perl the CAL API does not interface with SQUID.
  

Problem conclusion

• Closing this APAR as No Plans To Fix (NPTF) because (1) of
  the expected risk to the code base posed by a codefix and
  (2) to the workaround of changing the Perl script to make a
  system call when having to interface with Squid instead of a
  CAL call.
  Note:  cqperl needs to be used for any cc/cq interactions in
  a perl script
  
  my $var = qx("cleartool lsact -l
  activity:SQUID00000041@//sdconnor_RATLC01263831_2009c_pvob")
  ;
  or
  my $var = system("cleartool lsact -l
  activity:SQUID00000041@//sdconnor_RATLC01263831_2009c_pvob")
  ;
  both work and return the desired output.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels