To reduce the amount of merging needed when you deliver your work, you should build and test the modifications in your work area. If you work in a multiple-stream project, do this especially after you rebase the stream and before you deliver your work. If you work in a single-stream project, do this before you check in your changes.
If your organization uses clearmake and omake on Windows®, or clearmake on the UNIX® system or Linux®, you can use these Rational® ClearCase® build tools for your test builds; however, the build auditing and build avoidance features are available only from dynamic views.
For more information, see the IBM Rational ClearCase Guide to Building Software and the clearmake or omake reference pages in the IBM Rational ClearCase Command Reference.