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changeset 4477:d52da0fdec9e
Doc about Solaris versions.
author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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date | Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:12:40 +0000 |
parents | 859c807a4a38 |
children | cf5d995bbbca |
files | doc/solaris-versions |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/solaris-versions @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Sun seems to care about Solaris versus SunOS branding... + +Here is a mapping table that maps the `uname -sr` values to Sun's marketing +names. + + SunOS 2.x == SunOS 2.x + SunOS 3.x == SunOS 3.x + +Starting with 4.1.1B of SunOS we have the 'Solaris 1.0' release. + + SunOS 4.1.1B == Solaris 1.0 + SunOS 4.1.2 == Solaris 1.0.1 + SunOS 4.1.3 == Solaris 1.1 + SunOS 4.1.3C == Solaris 1.1C + SunOS 4.1.3_U1 == Solaris 1.1.1 + SunOS 4.1.3_U1B == Solaris 1.1.1 B + SunOS 4.1.4 == Solaris 1.1.2 + +The SunOS 5.x uname output maps to the Solaris 2.x numbers thru 2.6 + + SunOS 5.0 == Solaris 2.0 + SunOS 5.1 == Solaris 2.1 + SunOS 5.2 == Solaris 2.2 + SunOS 5.3 == Solaris 2.3 + SunOS 5.4 == Solaris 2.4 + SunOS 5.5 == Solaris 2.5 + SunOS 5.5.1 == Solaris 2.5.1 + SunOS 5.6 == Solaris 2.6 + +After SunOS 5.6, they started number based on the second digit + + SunOS 5.7 == Solaris 7 + SunOS 5.8 == Solaris 8 + SunOS 5.9 == Solaris 9 + +The common terminology is to use the name "SunOS ..." to designate SunOS 2.x, +3.x, 4.x, and "Solaris ..." to designate SunOS 5.x.