Flexible software-upgrading method

Abstract

The invention provides a software-upgrading method. An upgrading platform constructed by the method is independent of software and is independently applied in different products or projects, and when the upgrading platform is in use, a platform client automatically seeks a patch server and acquires a patch package from the patch server; the platform automatically checks the validity of patches, supports breakpoint continuous transmission, completes downloading and verification, and then executes patch-upgrading operation; the patches are automatically downloaded or manually downloaded in the platform according to defined tasks; and automatic upgrading and manual upgrading are executed according to defined tasks. The method has the advantages that the patch package is described by use of description language and analyzed; common compression processing used for the patches is rapid in transmission, safe and reliable, can eliminate the occurrence of network data blockage and other situations, and can discover problems when the patches are downloaded and installed in time; the method solves the problems of software updating, version management of different clients, automatic downloading-updating, and the like, and can meet the upgrading requirements of various types of software in different platforms.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computer applications, in particular to a flexible software upgrading method. Background technique [0002] With the popularization of information technology, the use of software is becoming more and more extensive, the system applications are becoming larger and larger, and the scope of business involves more and more fields. It is very difficult to maintain software products deployed in different places, and different operating systems The operating environment of the software varies greatly. The software installed in the linux or unix system is not compatible with the windows platform. The upgrade tools and upgrade methods are also different. When a problem occurs, a specific patch package under a certain system needs to be provided, and different patch packages The operating environment or the operations performed by patches are also varied. Therefore, many software only provide patch packages during the upgrad...

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[0002]With the popularization of information technology, the use of software is becoming more and more extensive, the system application is also becoming larger and larger, and the scope of business involves more and more fields. It is very difficult to maintain software products distributed and deployed in different places, and the operating environments of the software in different operating systems are very different. The software installed in the linux or unix system is not compatible with the windows platform, and the upgrade tools and upgrade methods are also different. Provide a specific patch package under a certain system, and the operating environment of different patch packages or the operations performed by the patch are also varied. Therefore, many software only provide patch packages during the upgrade process, and customers often download the patch packages and manually upgrade them. Customers judge which patches should be downloaded by themselves, and there are too many patches provided, and there is no dependency association between patches. It is easy to cause software upgrade failures, application software or system crashes due to improper upgrades; and after a new version of the software appears, the only Install a new version, use the new version of the upgrade tool to upgrade the software, it cannot be automatically upgraded by the system

The limitation of this method is that the upgrade tool is only a certain version upgrade tool, which cannot meet the large-scale maintenance of the client and the changes of different versions.

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