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Article: 13437 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: C-Kermit 8.0 for Solaris 9?
Date: 9 Jun 2002 18:11:23 -0400
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <ae0e9k$1im$1@new-usenet.uk.sun.com>,
Andrew Gabriel <andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: In article <ae08qj$iq4$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu>,
: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
: >
: > Has anyone built C-Kermit 8.0:
: >
: > http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
: >
: > for Solaris 9 yet? I don't have access to Solaris 9 yet, so I have
: > not been able to try it.
:
: Frank, this shouldn't be necessary for Solaris (or any commercial
: UNIX). Just pick the oldest OS release you are going to support
: (e.g. Solaris 2.5.1) and build under that. Binary compatability
: guarantees mean this will work on all future releases ...
:
Yes, I'm well aware of these claims but:
. Experience has taught me not to rely on them. AIX is case
in point. HP-UX is another one. Solaris is indeed another
(although, granted, I am not aware of problems in this regard
since 2.5.1).
. Until I have heard that C-Kermit 8.0.201 can be built and
run successfully on Solaris 9, I won't be able to claim
that it does.
. As proof that C-Kermit 8.0.201 builds successfully on Solaris 9
or any other hardware / OS / OS version combination, I like to
be able to offer a binary that was built on that exact platform.
. Since I offer a binary for every hardware / OS / OS version that
I can find, I might as well include a "designer herald" for it,
to show those who run the binary which platform and OS version
it was built for.
. This is especially helpful when C-Kermit misbehaves -- the majority
of problem reports can be addressed with a recommendation to try
a more appropriate (usually later) binary.
I wouldn't go to all this trouble if I didn't think it was worthwhile
based on 21 years of experience supporting Kermit on many platforms.
Here is the current list of just the C-Kermit ones:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80binaries.html
- Frank