X/Open UNIX 95 (Spec 1170)

The previous release of Solaris was compliant with much of Spec 1170. Solaris 2.6 software now meets all the requirements.

Areas changed in the Solaris 2.6 release to meet the Spec 1170 requirements:

• System interfaces and headers

  System headers were updated to bring them up to compliance with Spec 1170.

• X/Open curses

  A new library has been added to support the interfaces defined by this specification. Significant support for internationalized curses capabilities, pads, terminfo database access, and color manipulation has been added.

• Networking services

  • New X/Open standardized socket and IP address resolution interfaces are available.

  • The X/Open Transport Interface (XTI) is an evolution and standardization of the set of interfaces that were supported by the Transport Layer Interface (TLI) in SVR4. TLI continues to be available for compatibility, but new development should use XTI.

    For more information, see Transport Interfaces Programming Guide.