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QNX® Software Development Platform 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 applypatch Patch (Patch ID 1523) Release Notes
Date of this edition: July 16, 2009
Target OS: This patch is compatible with targets that are running QNX® Neutrino® 6.4.0 or 6.4.1.
Host OS: In order to apply this patch, you must have installed the QNX Software Development Platform 6.4.0 or 6.4.1 as a self-hosted QNX Neutrino® development system, or on one of the following development hosts:
| Version | Microsoft Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|
| QNX SDP 6.4.0 | Vista, Vista 64-bit, XP SP2 or SP3, or 2000 SP4 | Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 4 or 5, Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.1 64-bit, Red Hat Fedora Core 6 or 7, Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS or 7, or SUSE 10 |
| QNX SDP 6.4.1 | Vista, Vista 64-bit, XP SP2 or SP3, or 2000 SP4 | Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 4.0 or 5.0, Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.1 64-bit, Red Hat Fedora 10, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS or 8.10, or SUSE 11 |
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What's in this patch?
This patch contains applypatch, a utility that makes it easy to manage patches to the QNX Software Development Platform. The original version was shipped with QNX SDP 6.4.1; this patch updates the utility and makes it available for use on QNX SDP 6.4.0.
The following files are installed under the base directory for QNX SDP:
- host/qnx6/x86/usr/bin/applypatch.py
- host/qnx6/x86/usr/bin/applypatch
- host/linux/x86/usr/bin/applypatch.py
- host/linux/x86/usr/bin/applypatch
- host/win32/x86/usr/bin/applypatch.bat
- host/win32/x86/usr/bin/applypatch.py
Fixed issues
This version of applypatch now makes sure that the given file is a patch to QNX SDP before applying it. (Ref# 67764)
Known issues
None currently known.
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 the QNX Software Development Platform guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.
