PI18944: RATIONAL DEVELOPER FOR SYSTEM Z WHEN STARTING RDZ CLIENT WITH NE W WORKSPACE, EXPECTED PUSH-TO-CLIENT PREFERENCES NOT DOWNLOADED

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 3 (9.0.1.3) for 9.0.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 4 (9.0.1.4) for 9.0.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.0.1.5) for 9.0.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 6 (9.0.1.6) for 9.0.1
Rational Developer for System z Interim Fix 1 for 9.0.1.6
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 7 (9.0.1.7) for 9.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Rational Developer for System z 9.0.1 - When starting RDz client
  with new workspace, expected push-to-client preferences are not
  downloaded.
  
  The RDz client may incorrectly interpret host configuration
  settings when there are extraneous white-space characters
  embedded in the settings file.  One example is the
  pushtoclient.properties setting primary.system=true being
  interpreted as false when a trailing whitespace character causes
  the client to incorrectly conclude that the setting is not equal
  to "true".  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.
  

Local fix

• Space/x'20' character is imbedded in active
  pushtoclient.properties file.  Remove these "white space"
  character(s) from pushtoclient.properties file.
  

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
  primary.system=true being interpreted as false when a trailing
  whitespace character causes the client to incorrectly conclude
  that the setting is not equal to "true".  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 V9.0.1.3 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

• R901 PSY

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