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Article: 13438 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: C-Kermit 8.0 for Solaris 9?
Date: 9 Jun 2002 23:27:23 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
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In article <ae0jqb$ptp$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu>,
fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> 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:
>: > 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).
OK, I'll stop speaking for other commercial UNIXs, but Solaris
at least guarantees this. If you find some case where it fails,
you should raise a bug on it.
This is a good point to mention Appcert, a tool which examines
Solaris binaries, and warns you of any non-supported features
you are using, which might leave you with a binary which will
stop working in a future release of the OS. This works for all
Solaris releases from Solaris 2.3, and both sparc and x86. It's
something 3rd-party software authors are well advised to run
their software through to look for use of non-supported features.
You can download it for free from:
http://www.sun.com/developers/tools/appcert/
--
Andrew Gabriel
Consultant Software Engineer