On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:21:27AM -0500, Lee, Raymond wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I compiled and installed the amanda client on one of my Solaris 10
> server and used pkgmk to create a package of all the files installed.
> Is that package compatible with all the other versions of Solaris, or do
> I have to create a separate package for each Solaris version that I want
> to install the client on?
> 

Typically on Sun you can compile for older versions and run on newer.
But the other way around is not as likely to work.

Up til about 2 yrs ago one of my clients (humongous corp) still compiled
local apps for a Solaris 2.5.5 to be used on all machines 2.6, 2.7, and 8.
They were not allowing 9 in house yet.

Sol 10 is a major change in their OS and I note that many commercial apps
separate out their offerings as Sol 8 & 9 plus a separate one for Sol 10.
So maybe even the "compile for older versions, run on newer" doesn't hold
for Sol 10.  Or perhaps there are just so many new features/performance
benefits to Sol 10 that it is worth a separate, specific version.

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