B.1.3.2 SPARC: The SunOS Binary Compatibility Package

OpenWindows and other executable applications that are either dynamically linked or statically linked and written under SunOS 4.1.x [References to the "SunOS 4.1.x" release/environment include the SunOS 4.1 release and all subsequent 4.1 releases: 4.1.1, 4.1.1 RevB, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, and 4.1.3c.] are supported in the Solaris 2.5 environment through the SunOS Binary Compatibility Package and the OpenWindows Binary Compatibility Package.

To use these packages, applications written under SunOS 4.x must not:

• Trap directly to the kernel

• Write directly to system files

• Use /dev/kmem or libkvm routines

• Use unpublished SunOS interfaces

• Rely on non-SunOS drivers

  The SunOS/BSD Source Compatibility package must be installed to use the SunOS Binary Compatibility Package.