Solaris version number stew

[Anthony J. Gabrielson]

A bit off topic but I heard you could install Solaris 8 over a previous
version and not have to reboot to get the new kernel to take effect.
Anyone know if thats true?  Sounded pretty cool to me.

I ussually find www.sunhelp.org very helpful - I don't if that says alot
or little.  I figured I would mention it.

Although your budget sounds large if you need GNU code prebuilt I ussually
use www.sunfreeware.com - you proberly know this already, but figured I
would pass it on anyways.  They have GCC pre built there.

Good luck with it,
Anthony

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David Kramer wrote:

> My next project at work will be porting our application from Solaris 7 to
> Solaris 8.  Mind you, I'm not a Sun expert, and have not tried it yet
> (hardware is on order).
> 
> I'm looking for information on the difference between the two from a C/C++
> software developer's perspective.  And, of course, the differences between
> our existing compiler (Visual C++ 2.4) and whatever version comes with
> Solaris 8 (or is the newest stable version).
> 
> Any information would be greatly appreciated, but links to documentation
> is just as welcome.  I'm not afraid of work, I just didn't have much luck
> scouring Sun's website for porting documentation.
> 
> Another question, which should be a lot easier to answer: I'm getting very
> confused by the multiple version numbers for the same release of
> Solaris/SunOS.  It's really impeding my ability to do research.
> 
> My understanding is that
> 2.6   =   2.6
> 5.7   =   Solaris 7, but some people call it 2.7
> 5.8   =   Solaris 8, but some people call it 2.8
> But I have seen references to a 4.x series too.  Can someone point me
> towards a Rosetta Stone or babelfish?  Also, what version of the  C++
> compiler comes with each of these?  I think we are currently using visual
> C++ 4.2.
> 
> P.S.- I thought there would have been more Sun/Solaris newsgroups, but I
> only found a few global ones.
> 
> TIA.
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