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Description

The Rolling Cumulative Patch Layer (RCPL) was developed by Wind River to simplify patch management of Wind River Linux.  The expected usage is that customers install the latest RCPL for their release.  Base Wind River Linux 4.0 + Update Pack 3 + RCPL is the default supported configuration.  Please install this RCPL at your earliest convenience.

The RCPL has new features that allow you to manage RCPLs by configuring projects and Workbench to use the RCPL of your choice. There is a tool, rcpl-cl.sh, that allows you to view the patch history of this RCPL compared to the base release. There is also a gui tool, rcpl-gui.sh, that allows you to examine RCPL releases before installing them. You can download the rcpl-gui.sh tar ball from:

support.windriver.com/olsPortal/faces/maintenance/downloadDetails.jspx

The README on this OLS page contains instructions on how to use these features, general information on the RCPL and a list defects fixed. The README should be reviewed prior to installation.

The list of defects fixed can be found in the README.txt

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Product Version

Wind River Linux 4

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Downloads

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Caveats

Requires Wind River Linux 4.3 to be installed

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Installation Notes

Installation Notes

Rolling Cumulative Patch Layer 29 onward for Wind River Linux 4.0 + Update Pack 3 is now only available via Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) method accessible via the Win d River Installation Tool (wrInstaller) available within your product installation.

Step 1 - Prepare

• Shut down all product processes, including any license server.
• If you have altered any Wind River-supplied file in your installation tree (not a recommended practice), archive them manually before installing any update, as these files may be overwritten during the installation process.

 Step 2 - Install

        WRLinux 4.3 RCPL requires Wind River Setup 2.0.10 or newer, so if it is your first time installing a WRLinux 4.3 RCPL, you need to upgrade Wind River Setup to 2.0.10 or newer. This is only necessary one time for an installation. If you have already upgraded Wind River Setup to 2.0.10 or newer then you can skip the steps to upgrade Setup and go to the steps to Install the latest RCPL.

        Upgrade Setup

• a) Linux:   Go to installDir/maintenance/wrInstaller/x86-linux2 and run wrInstaller.   (Windows:   Go to installDir\maintenance\wrInstaller\x86-win32 and run wrInstaller.exe.)
• b) At the Choose Installation Type screen, choose "Online Content" and click next. Updates to the lastest installer is required. 
• c) The installer will automatically search all available updates and verify your entitlement. (This may take a few minutes.)
• d) Select "Rolling Cumulative Patch Layer (RCPL) Updates for Wind River Linux 4.3" in "Select Products" drop-down list.
• e) Only Select "Wind River Setup 2.0.10" in "Rolling Cumulative Patch Layer (RCPL) Updates for Wind River Linux 4.3" drop-down list.
• f) Continue your selections through the installation process and complete by clicking Finish.

         Install latest RCPL

• a) Linux:   Go to installDir/maintenance/wrInstaller/x86-linux2 and run wrInstaller.   (Windows:   Go to installDir\maintenance\wrInstaller\x86-win32 and run wrInstaller.exe.)
• b) At the Choose Installation Type screen, choose "Online Content" and click next. Updates to the lastest installer is required.
• c) The installer will automatically search all available updates and verify your entitlement. (This may take a few minutes).
• d) Select the rest items in "Rolling Cumulative Patch Layer (RCPL) Updates for Wind River Linux 4.3" drop-down list.
• e) Continue your selections through the installation process and complete by clicking Finish.

 NOTE -  1) If you're having connectivity (firewall or network setup) issues, Wind River allows you to run the wrInstaller on a machine with Internet connectivity by downloading this update pack into a convenient location and then installing the content back onto the development machine. Follow these instructions:

• Retrieve the executable from here:  Windows    Linux
  • For Linux, change the permission (example: chmod a+x setup_linux32)  
• Launch the executable (example: ./setup_linux32) with the following options:
  • -download -sdf http://updates.windriver.com/repos/wrlinux/wrlinux-4.0/wrlinux-4.3-rcpl.repos
• Copy the download folder to the other host machine and run setup.

2) On Windows hosts, you may notice some errors in the "setup.log" around "readlink" and "uninstall_mgr.sh". These messages can be ignored as they do not affect the running of the product. If though you should decide to un-install the product, there may be some error messages about changed files which the Installer will not remove. In this case, you can simply remove the remaining files and the installation directory manually.

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Defects

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