Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) 7/01 Release Notes

Future Releases

SUNWebnfs

The SUNWebnfs package may 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.

Asynchronous Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Asynchronous PPP may no longer be supported in a future release. This functionality is superceded by Solaris PPP 4.0. See the man page pppd(1M) for more information.

JDK 1.2.2 and JRE 1.2.2

Version 1.2.2 of the JDK and version 1.2.2 of the JRE may no longer be supported in a future release. Near-equivalent functionality is supported by Java 2 Standard Edition, versions 1.3 onward. 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, versions 1.3 onward. 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[+-]* timezones may no longer be supported in a future release. These files may 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 may no longer be supported in a future release. The s5fs file system supports installing Interactive UNIX applications. Support for the installation of Interactive UNIX applications is no longer required in the Solaris operating environment.

sendmail Utility

Some features of the sendmail utility may no longer be supported in a future release. The affected features are Sun-specific modifications which are non-standard. 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 regarding these features and migration issues is located at http://www.sendmail.org/vendor/sun/solaris9.html.

AnswerBook2 Server

The AnswerBook2TM 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.

Solstice AdminTool

Solstice AdminTool (admintool) may no longer be supported in a future release. This tool 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 may no longer be supported in a future release.

XIL

XIL may no longer be supported in a future release. An application using 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, may no longer be supported 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, formerly containing release notes and installed in /usr/share/release_info, may 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 available on http://docs.sun.com.

crash(1M) Utility

The crash(1M) utility may no longer be supported in a future release. The crash command is a utility that examines system crash dump files, whose functionality 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 wish to transition from using crash to using mdb.

Kerberos Version 4 Client

The Kerberos version 4 client may be removed in a future release. This 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, 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 may 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. They are:

OpenWindows Toolkits for Developers

OpenWindowsTM XViewTM and OLIT toolkits may no longer be supported in a future release. You might want to migrate to the Motif toolkit. To disable the warning message, use #define OWTOOLKIT_WARNING_DISABLED or -D.

OpenWindows Environment For Users

The OpenWindows environment may no longer be supported in a future release. You might want to migrate to CDE, the Common Desktop Environment.

Federated Naming Service (FNS)/XFN Libraries and Commands

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

Solaris ipcs(1) Command

The ability to apply the ipcs(1) command to system crash dumps using the -C and -N command line options may no longer be supported in a future release. Equivalent functionality 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 may no longer be supported in a future release.

devconfig

devconfig may 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.

Table 4–1 Device Support and Driver Software

Name of Physical Device 

Name of Driver 

Type of Card 

Mylex/Buslogic FlashPoint Ultra PCI SCSI 

flashpt

SCSI HBA 

Qlogic 

hxhn

SCSI HBA 

AMI MegaRAID host bus adapter, first generation 

mega

SCSI RAID 

Madge Token Ring Smart 16/4, Madge Token Ring Smart 16/4 PCI BM Mk2, Madge Token Ring Smart 16/4 PCI BM Mk1, and Madge Token Ring PCI Presto 

mtok

Network 

Compaq 53C8x5 PCI SCSI, and Compaq 53C876 PCI SCSI 

cpqncr

SCSI HBA 

Compaq Integrated NetFlex-3 10/100 T PCI, Compaq NetFlex-3/P, Compaq NetFlex-3 DualPort 10/100 TX PCI, Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI, and Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI 

cnft

Network 

Compaq SMART-2/P Array Controller and Compaq SMART-2SL Array Controller 

smartii

SCSI RAID controller 

Intel 486–Based Systems

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