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QNX® Software Center 2.0.4: Release Notes

Date of this edition: February 11th, 2025

The QNX Software Center enables you to download, install, and manage the QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 7.x or greater and related products. You must install QSC 2.0.4 onto a development host with one of the following 64-bit operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 11, or Windows 10
  • Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. (The QNX Software Center doesn't run on ARM-based Linux hosts.)

In this document, you may see reference numbers associated with particular issues or changes. When corresponding with our support staff about a given issue, please quote the relevant reference number. The reference numbers can also help you track issues as they become fixed.

For the latest version of the QNX Software Center release notes:

  1. Go to the QNX website, www.qnx.com, and log in to your myQNX account.
  2. Select the Developers tab at the top of the page and click the QNX Software Center link.
  3. In the table of downloadable items, click the "QNX Software Center 2.0.4" entry for your development host OS.
  4. In the download page for the QSC package, click the Release Notes link from the Related Documents panel at the bottom.

Contents

What's new in this product?

The QNX Software Center 2.0.4 includes following updates:

The QSC command line now support variables which can be used in text patchsets

  • This change allows you to install packages without changing the baselineId in scripts.

The default classification rules of package upgrades and updates have changed

  • By default, all package versions are now considered minor updates, unless a package maintainer specifies otherwise.

Better handling of non breaking spaces and long dash in the QSC CLI

  • QSC CLI no longer silently errors out when encountering these characters, resulting in a smoother experience.

Fixed issues

  • Corrected an issue where the wrong error report is generated when using -importAndInstall with newline. (Ref# 2981154)

  • SDP 8.0.2 patchset no longer installs both Windows and Linux tools on Linux. (Ref# 2980206)

  • Corrected an error where there is a dependency issue when trying to install an SDP 8.0.2 patchset. (Ref# 2980205)

  • Corrected an error where QSC cannot automatically update a package when using restricted mirroring. (Ref# 2979271)

  • Corrected an issue where QSC doesn't resolve the -importAndInstall query correctly. (Ref# 2979269)

  • Corrected an issue where the release milestone identifier in the Properties window disappears immediately after appearing. (Ref# 2975839)

  • The metadata error encountered when trying to import offline packages has been resolved. (Ref# 2975260)

  • Fixed an issue where QSC search results disappear if you add a space at the end. (Ref# 2970967)

  • Fixed an issue where the "Download Only" option was missing for packages added to an empty installation. (Ref# 2969930)

Known issues

  • The QNX Software Center can’t activate a license key if your workstation sits behind a SOCKS proxy or an authenticating HTTP proxy that uses anything other than basic authentication. (Ref# J2221051)
    Workaround: Use a basic authentication proxy or perform manual product activation, as described in the QNX Software Center User’s Guide.

  • If you have multiple licenses activated on more than one machine, you may be presented with a license compliance error. (Ref# J2876541)
    Workaround: You can safely ignore this warning.

  • If you install an experimental package and then deactivate Install experimental packages in the Installation Properties dialog box, the QNX Software Center does not let you install, uninstall, or repair any packages in the affected installation. (Ref# J2812561)
    Workaround: If you've installed experimental packages, leave Install experimental packages enabled.

  • The Proxy Connections window of the QNX Software Center displays settings for HTTP/HTTPS proxies and for SOCKS proxies, but only the HTTP/HTTPS settings are supported. (Ref# J2752710)

  • If you attempt to add an installation while another installation is in progress, the installation wizard may freeze. In addition, the installation in progress may not complete successfully. (Ref# J2644173, 2507085, 2222799, 2801650)
    Workaround: Avoid adding an installation while another installation is in progress.

  • If you uninstall the last package from an installation that isn’t a QNX SDP 7.* baseline installation, the installation isn't removed, even though it's now empty (i.e., the Installed tab shows no packages for the installation). (Ref# J2557464)
    Workaround: To remove the installation itself, go to the Advanced tab and select Remove Installation.

  • You can’t re-import an exported report if the report omits the NAME, BUILDID, and DIGESTSHA512 fields. (Ref# J2372364)
    Workaround: Before exporting a report, make sure that, at a minimum, it contains these three fields.

  • On Windows, if you uninstall the QNX Software Center while it is running or while any of its files are open in another program, the uninstaller does not remove the open files. However, it displays a report that it ran successfully. (Ref# J1684312)
    Workaround: Remove the leftover files manually.

Technical support

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For product experience and roadmap information, please contact QNX Product Management.