PI54213: RATIONAL DEVELOPER FOR SYSTEM Z (RDZ) PUSH TO CLIENT IS NOT INSTALLING UPDATES IF PROPERTY FILES CONTAIN TRAILING BLANKS

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.3) for 9.1.1.
Rational Developer for System z Interim Fix 1 for 9.1.1.3
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.4) for 9.1.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.5) for 9.1.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.6) for 9.1.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.7) for 9.1.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.8) for 9.1.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 9 (9.1.1.9) for 9.1.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Rational Developer for System z - RDz - v9.1
  
  RDz APAR PI18944 addressed the problem of the reading the
  pushtoclient.properties files when there is trailing whitespace
  characters in the file.
  
  However, not all fields were checked and changed in this APAR.
  There are more fields that need to be changed in order for the
  push to client to work when the pushtoclient.properties file
  contains whitespace characters to fill lines.
  

Local fix

• Update the pushtoclient.properties file using an editor for the
  USS file and remove the whitespace characters.
  

Problem summary

• The RDz client may incorrectly interpret host configuration
  settings when there are extraneous whitespace characters
  embedded in the settings file.
  
  One example is the pushtoclient.properties setting
  config.enabled=saf being interpreted as an invalid access
  control method when a trailing whitespace character causes the
  client to incorrectly conclude that the setting is not equal to
  "saf".  As a result, when an RDz user starts the client with a
  new workspace and connects to the appropriate host, some saved
  configuration/preferences are not downloaded to the client.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code which interprets the pushtoclient.properties file has
  been modified to trim any whitespace characters before testing
  the setting's value.
  
  The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
  IBM Rational Developer for System z V9.1.1.3 Fix Pack which
  is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL DEV FOR SY

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels

• R911 PSY

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