Buggy Patriot missile vs. Tornado and F-16

I wonder how they found and fixed the the software 'glitch' that killed a RAF Tornado?  Also, could the same bug have also caused a Patriot site to lock its radar on a F-16?  How do they handle software update in the field with a war raging around them?  I get this image of marines running around in a battlefield with floppy disks.