Rational® Product Updater searches
for and installs different kinds of updates that are defined for most IBM® software
development products.
- Updates and fixes
- The "Updates" page of the Product
Updater tool
lists the following updates to products and features that you have already
installed.
- interim fix
- A noncumulative fix.
- fix pack
- A cumulative collection of fixes that does not contain new functions.
A fix pack can contain fixes that have not been shipped previously.
- refresh pack
- A cumulative collection of fixes that also contains new functions. It
may include additional fixes not previously shipped.
- Optional Features
- Optional features provide new functionality that is not essential to the
proper functioning of the product.