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QNX® Momentics® 6.3.0 PE and SE zip and unzip for Windows and Solaris Hosts Patch (Patch ID 228) Installation Note

QNX® Momentics® Development Suite 6.3.0 PE and SE

Date of this edition: April 04, 2007

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 or later

Host OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, 2000 SP4, or NT SP6a; Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9, or 10

Note: For information about the issues that this patch addresses, see the release notes.

This note includes:

Installation procedure

  1. Log in as root (or with administrator privileges on Windows).
  2. Download the patch-630-0228-zip.tar archive to your host environment.
  3. Determine the base directory of your QNX Momentics installation by opening a command shell and using the qconfig command. For example: 
    $ qconfig
QNX Installations

Installation Name: QNX Momentics 6.3.0
Version: 6.3.0
Base Directory: /usr/qnx630/
QNX_HOST: /usr/qnx630/host/qnx6/x86/
QNX_TARGET: /usr/qnx630/target/qnx6/

    The base directory in this example is /usr/qnx630/, but it could be different on your machine, depending on your host and where you installed QNX Momentics.

  4. Extract the archive you downloaded into the base directory:
    Method 1: Command-line based
    • Windows hosts:
      1. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and switch to the drive indicated in the base directory that you found in step 2 (e.g. C:).
      2. Copy the archive to your base directory, replacing base_dir with the path you found in step 2:

        copy drive:\patch-630-0228-zip.tar base_dir

      3. Use the following commands to extract the archive contents. Don't specify the drive letter in the archive path:

        cd base_dir
        tar -xvf patch-630-0228-zip.tar

    • Solaris hosts:

      Open a command shell and use the following commands (replacing base_dir with the path found in step 2, and archive_path with the full path to the downloaded archive):

      cd base_dir
      tar -x -v -f archive_path/patch-630-0228-zip.tar

    Method 2: GUI based
    Use any GUI-based application that supports the TAR format (e.g. WinZIP under Windows). Ensure that the destination directory is your base directory.
    Note: If you use WinZIP, choose Options-->Configuration, switch to the Miscellaneous tab in this dialog, and turn off the TAR file smart CR/LF conversion option. If this option is turned on, and you extract the archive, then your shiplist file will contain ^M characters.

Structure of a patch

The patch is installed in the base_dir/patches/630-0228/ directory. This directory includes:

version
Includes the patch number and the build information.
manifest
Contains the checksums of the files shipped in the patch (as generated by the cksum utility).
shiplist
A list of the files included in the patch.
host
A directory of fixes related to components that would be built into host-specific development systems.
Note: These fixes might include components for hosts other than the one you're using. After installing and applying the patch, you can remove any unnecessary directories under base_dir/host.

Applying the patch

To incorporate the patch into your host system, you must replace the development host files with those from the patch.

Caution: Since this is a destructive procedure, we recommend that you create a backup of the affected files.

Creating a backup

To create a backup on any of our hosts:

  1. (Windows only) From the cmd.exe prompt, run ksh.
  2. Go to the base directory:

    cd base_dir

  3. Make a backup of the files that will be overwritten:

    pax -w < patches/630-0228/shiplist > patches/630-0228-backup.tar

    You can use whatever name you like for the backup archive. The pax utility might display some error messages when it attempts to back up nonexistent files for host operating systems other than the one you're using. You can ignore these messages.

  4. (Windows only) Exit ksh.

Copying the files -- Windows hosts

To apply the patch on a Windows system from the command prompt (remember to switch back to cmd.exe from ksh):

  1. Switch to the drive specified in your base directory (e.g. C:).
  2. Go to the patch directory (remember to replace / characters in the base directory with \):

    cd base_dir\patches\630-0228

  3. Install the host updates:

    cp -Rp host base_dir\.

Copying the files -- Solaris hosts

To apply the patch on a Solaris system:

  1. Go to the patch directory:

    cd base_dir/patches/630-0228

  2. Install the host updates:

    cp -Rp host base_dir/.

Technical support

If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to QNX Momentics guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.