Chapter 4 End-of-Software Support Statements

This chapter lists end-of-support statements.

Current Release

This section describes end-of-software support statements that apply to the Solaris 8 2/02 operating environment.

HotJava Browser

The HotJava^TM browser is no longer supported.

Solaris Java Development Kit: JNI 1.0 Interface

The 1.0 version of the Java Native Interface (JNI 1.0) is no longer supported by the Solaris Java Development Kit version 1.2 (JDK^TM 1.2).

Support in the Solaris Java Development Kit (JDK) for the 1.0 version of the Java Native Interface (JNI 1.0) has been removed. JNI 1.0 is also known as the Native Method Interface (NMI).

Solstice AdminSuite 2.3/AutoClient 2.1

Solstice AdminSuite^TM 2.3 software is no longer supported. Any attempt to run Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 to configure a Solstice AutoClient or diskless client results in a failure for which no patch is available or planned. Solaris 8 2/02 includes new commands for diskless client management. See smosservice(1M) and smdiskless(1M) for more information.

F3 Font Technology

F3 fonts and the TypeScaler rasterizer, the Sun proprietary scalable font technology, is no longer supported. Sun continues to support the industry standard font formats, Type1 and TrueType.

XGL

XGL is no longer supported.

Derived Type paddr_t

The paddr_t data type in sys/types.h is not supported in the 64-bit compilation environment. This data type is currently only available in the 32-bit compilation environment.

Changes to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for User Accounting Data

Two sets of application programming interfaces (API) enable user accounting data to be accessed by applications. The preferred set of programming interfaces for accessing and manipulating user accounting information is described on the getutxent(3C) man page. These interfaces are more capable and more portable than the older getutent(3C) routines.

Older applications can access the underlying accounting files directly. The files /var/adm/utmp and /var/adm/wtmp and the corresponding symbolic links /etc/utmp and /etc/wtmp are no longer supported. The format of the data that is contained in these files constrains the future evolution of the Solaris operating environment. Applications that use these files should be updated to use the documented and supported APIs.

Applications that are already using the getutent(3C) family of routines might be unaffected on small system configurations. However, in future releases these interfaces might return errors when you use them on very large system configurations. For this reason, use the getutxent(3C) routines for old code and new code instead of the getutent(3C) APIs.

sysidnis(1M) System Identification Program

sysidnis(1M) is no longer supported. sysidnis(1M) is the System Identification program responsible for configuring name services during installation and upgrade, and after unconfiguration that uses sys-unconfig(1M).

sysidnis(1M) has been replaced by sysidns(1M).

Console Subsystem

The console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment that runs on an IA based system has been replaced. The replacement is more compatible with the console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment that runs on a SPARC based system and provides for future extensibility. This replacement has invalidated undocumented and unsupported interfaces, as well as some documented interfaces.

Documented interfaces include the following.

• pcmapkeys(1)

• loadfont(1)

• loadfont(4)

Undocumented and unsupported interfaces include the following.

• ioctls listed in /usr/include/sys/kd.h

• ioctls listed in /usr/include/sys/vt.h

• VT support

• /dev/vt*

• The terminal type for the console is no longer AT386, but sun-color.

Video Cards

The Solaris operating environment might no longer support drivers for the following video cards:

• Boca Voyager 64

• Compaq QVision 1024

• Compaq QVision 2000

• FIC 864P

• Everex ViewPoint 64P

• Everex VBA Trio 64P

• Matrox Impression Plus

• Western Digital Paradise Bahamas

Future Releases

This section describes end-of-software support statements that apply to future releases of the Solaris operating environment.

Perl Version 5.005_03

The default version of Perl might be changed to a version that is not binary compatible with the current default (5.005_03) in a future release of the Solaris operating environment. Customer-installed modules need to be rebuilt and reinstalled against the new version. Modify any scripts that require the use of version 5.005_03 to explicitly use the 5.005_03 version of the interpreter (/usr/perl5/5.005_03/bin/perl) instead of the default version (/bin/perl or /usr/perl5/bin/perl).

Early Access (EA) Directory

The name of the EA directory might be changed in a future minor release of the Solaris operating environment media.

SUNWebnfs

The SUNWebnfs package might no longer be included on future releases of Solaris operating environment media.

The library and documentation are available for download from http://www.sun.com/webnfs.

aspppd(1M) Utility

The aspppd(1M) utility might no longer be supported in a future release. Use the pppd(1M) utility with Solaris PPP 4.0 that is included in the Solaris 8 operating environment.

JDK 1.2.2 and JRE 1.2.2

Version 1.2.2 of the JDK and version 1.2.2 of the JRE might no longer be supported in a future release. Near-equivalent functionality is supported by Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3 and compatible versions. All current and previous versions of the JDK and JRE are available for download from http://java.sun.com.

JDK 1.1.8 and JRE 1.1.8

Version 1.1.8 of the JDK and version 1.1.8 of the JRE may no longer be supported in a future release. Near-equivalent functionality is supported by Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3 and compatible versions. All current and previous versions of the JDK and JRE are available for download from http://java.sun.com.

GMT Zoneinfo Timezones

The /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/GMT[+-]* time zones might no longer be supported in a future release. These files might be removed from /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo. Replace usage of the zoneinfo timezones with the equivalent Etc/GMT[-+]* file. See zoneinfo(4) and environ(5) for more information.

s5fs File System

The s5fs file system might no longer be supported in a future release. The s5fs file system supports the installation of Interactive UNIX applications. Support for the installation of Interactive UNIX applications is no longer required in the Solaris operating environment.

sendmail Utility Features

Some features of the sendmail utility might no longer be supported in a future release. The affected features are modifications that are specific to Sun and are nonstandard. These features include special syntax and semantics for V1/Sun configuration files, the remote mode feature, and the three sun-reverse-alias features.

More information about these features and migration issues is located at http://www.sendmail.org/vendor/sun/solaris9.html.

AnswerBook2 Server

The AnswerBook2 server may no longer be supported in a future release. Solaris documentation will continue to be available on the Solaris Documentation CD in online formats. All Solaris documentation is also available at http://docs.sun.com.

AdminTool

AdminTool (admintool), including swmtool, might no longer be supported in a future release. These tools performs user management, printer management, software package management, serial port management, group management, and host management.

The print management function is currently available in the Solaris 8 operating environment (see /usr/sadm/admin/bin/printmgr).

Solstice Enterprise Agents

Solstice Enterprise Agents might no longer be supported in a future release.

XIL

XIL might no longer be supported in a future release. An application that uses XIL causes the following warning message to be displayed.

          WARNING:  XIL OBSOLESCENCE
     This application uses the Solaris XIL interface
     which has been declared obsolete and may not be
     present in versions of Solaris beyond Solaris 8.
     Please notify your application supplier. 
     The message can be suppressed by setting the environment variable
     "_XIL_SUPPRESS_OBSOLETE_MSG.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client Library

LDAP client library, libldap.so.3, might no longer be included in a future release. The new version of this library, libldap.so.4, is compliant with the draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api-04.txt revision of the ldap-c-api draft from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

SUNWrdm

The SUNWrdm package, which formerly contained release notes and which was installed in /usr/share/release_info, might not be included on the Solaris Software CD in a future release.

For release notes, refer to the Release Notes on the Solaris Documentation CD, the printed Installation Release Notes, or the Release Notes on http://docs.sun.com.

crash(1M) Utility

The crash(1M) utility might no longer be supported in a future release. The crash command is a utility that examines system crash dump files, which is a capability that is superseded by the new mdb(1) utility. The crash command's interface has been structured around implementation details, such as slots, that have no relation to the Solaris operating system implementation.

"Transition From crash" in Solaris Modular Debugger Guide provides information for users who are making the transition from using crash to using mdb.

Kerberos Version 4 Client

The Kerberos version 4 client might be removed from a future release. This client includes the Kerberos version 4 support in the kinit(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), ksrvtgt(1), mount_nfs(1M), share(1M), and kerbd(1M) commands. Support is also in the kerberos(3KRB) library, and in the ONC RPC programming API kerberos_rpc(3KRB).

adb(1) Map Modifiers and Watchpoint Syntax

The adb(1) utility might be implemented as a link to the new mdb(1) utility in a future version of the Solaris 8 operating environment.

The mdb(1) man page describes the features of the new debugger, including its adb(1) compatibility mode. Even in this compatibility mode, differences between adb(1) and mdb(1) exist. These differences include the following.

• The text output format of some subcommands is different in mdb(1). Macro files are formatted by using the same rules, but scripts that depend on the output of other subcommands might need to be modified.

• The watchpoint length specifier syntax in mdb(1) is different from the syntax that is described in adb(1). The adb(1) watchpoint commands :w, :a, and :p enable an integer length (in bytes) to be inserted between the colon and the command character. In mdb(1), the count should be specified following the initial address as a repeat count.

  The adb(1) command 123:456w is specified in mdb(1) as 123,456:w.

• The /m, /*m, ?m, and ?*m format specifiers are not recognized or supported by mdb(1).

OpenWindows Toolkits for Developers

OpenWindows XView^TM and OLIT toolkits might no longer be supported in a future release. Therefore, consider migration to the Motif toolkit. To disable the warning message, use #define OWTOOLKIT_WARNING_DISABLED or -D.

OpenWindows Environment For Users

The OpenWindows environment might no longer be supported in a future release. Therefore, consider migration to the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).

Federated Naming Service (FNS)/XFN Libraries and Commands

The Federated Naming Service that is based on the X/Open XFN standard might no longer be supported in a future release.

Crash Dump Options for Solaris ipcs(1) Command

The capability of applying ipcs(1) command to system crash dumps by using the -C and -N command-line options might no longer be supported in a future release. Equivalent capability is now provided by the mdb(1) ::ipcs debugger command.

Deprecate sendmail -AutoRebuildAliases Option

The -AutoRebuildAliases option for the sendmail(1M) man page is deprecated and might no longer be supported in a future release.

devconfig

devconfig might no longer be supported in a future release.

Device Support and Driver Software

The following table lists devices and driver software that may no longer be supported in a future release.

Intel 486-Based Systems

The Solaris operating environment might no longer be supported on Intel 486-based systems in a future release.