............................Contents


1. Introducing the Binary Compatibility Packages	1
..What the Binary Compatibility Packages Are	1
..Why the Binary Compatibility Packages Are Provided	1
..Installing the Binary Compatibility Packages	1
..Using the Binary Compatibility Package	2
....Resolving Path Names	2
....Performance	3
..Well-Behaved Applications	3
..../dev/kmem, /dev/mem and libkvm	4
..Installing SunOS 4.x Applications	4
....Shared Object Files	4
2. Binary Compatibility	7
..What the Package Does	7
..What the Package Does Not Handle	8
....`get`XX`by`YY() Functions	8


......Object and core File Formats	9
......System Calls	10
......Incompatible Interfaces	10
......Library Routines	14
......Errors	15
......Signals	15
......System Files	15
......Localized Applications	17
...Warnings and Side Effects	18
......File Descriptor Limit	18
......Device Numbers	18
......Dynamic Linking Default	18
3. Window System Compatibility	19
...OpenWindows Binary Compatibility	19
......Linking OpenWindows Applications	19
......X11	20
......Unsupported Methods	20
...Toolkits	21
......XView	21
......OLIT	21
......TNT and Lite	21
......DeskSet	22
Index	23