PK37029: Graphical text merge results in corrupted csproj files

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• It seems that in some cases (intermittently), merging of csproj
  files will result in corruption of some characters.  Good, reada
  ble characters will be replaced with bad characters at what appe
  ar to be random areas of the file.
   An example of this is attached.  The corrupted characters can b
  e seen in lines 174, 242, and 301 of file DevV14.csproj. Once in
   this state, the file cannot be used in Visual Studio and the co
  rruption needs to be removed or the version deleted.
  Corrupted lines look like this:
  ?Compile Include=Ef?ectiveFinancingStatementContinuationALInstan
  ceTest.cs /?
  in this case the second f in effective is replaced by '?'.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The graphical diff-merge tool corrupts files.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearCase releases 7.0.0.4 and 7.0.1.3
  and 7.1.
  

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

• Fixed component name

  CC CHG MGMT SOL

• Fixed component ID

  5724G3400

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSN

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