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QNX® Software Development Platform 7.0— Font Engine: Release Notes

Date of this edition: June 7, 2021


Note: Changes to these notes since March 13, 2017 are highlighted below with this icon: New:

The QNX SDP 7.0 Font Engine package contains font libraries that are compatible with the QNX Neutrino RTOS 7.0. You can install QNX SDP on the following development hosts:

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit, or Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
  • macOS version 10.10, 10.11, 10.12
  • Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 64-bit, Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS 64-bit, or Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 LTS 64-bit, on x86_64 processors (QNX SDP 7 isn't supported on Linux on ARM processors)

Throughout this document, you may see reference numbers associated with particular issues, changes, etc. When corresponding with our Technical Support staff about a given issue, please quote the relevant reference number. You might also find the reference numbers useful for tracking issues as they become fixed.

To access the most up-to-date version of these release notes, go to the QNX Software Center, right-click on the QNX SDP 7.0 Font Engine package, choose Properties, and use the link provided.

Contents

What's in this package?

To see the exact contents of the package, right-click it in the QNX Software Center, choose Properties, and then click Package Contents in the Properties window.

What's new in this update?

Font Engine (7.0.0.SGA201702151847) is released as part of QNX SDP 7.0. See QNX® Software Development Platform 7.0: Release Notes for updates.

Known issues

Font Engine (7.0.0.SGA201702151847) is released as part of QNX SDP 7.0. See QNX® Software Development Platform 7.0: Release Notes for the list of known issues.

Verification issues

These are the known verification issues that you may encounter when verifying your installation with this update:

  • New: Some files in the following more recently released packages are incompatible with QNX SDP 7.0 Font Engine (7.0.0.SGA201702151847) because of a packaging error:

    • QNX SDP 7.0 Screen Base Graphics (7.0 BuildID 6299)
    • QNX SDP 7.0 Screen Base Graphics (7.0 BuildID 6272)

    (Ref# J2896590)

    The version of each of the following files:
    • font-freetype
    • bubble.png
    will result in verification issues if you have QNX SDP 7.0 Font Engine (7.0.0.SGA201702151847) already in your installation. You must ensure that the version of each of these files are compatible with the version of the QNX SDP 7.0 Screen Base Graphics package in your installation.

    We recommend that you address the verification issues that you observe by following the appropriate instructions based on your variation and version of QNX SDP 7.0 Screen Base Graphics.

    If you have this package and build: Use these release notes to address verification issues
    QNX SDP 7.0 Screen Base Graphics (7.0 BuildID 6299) Graphics Implementation (7.0 BuildID 6299): Release Notes
    QNX SDP 7.0 Screen Base Graphics (7.0 BuildID 6272) QNX SDP 7.0— Screen (7.0 BuildID 758) with QNX SDP 7.0 Graphics Implementation (7.0 BuildID 6529): Release Notes