From e291e2c1c2c83499b76c301c0bfd88f04b78d350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:12:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Doc about Solaris versions. --- doc/solaris-versions | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/solaris-versions diff --git a/doc/solaris-versions b/doc/solaris-versions new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3be97ee00 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/solaris-versions @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Sun seems to care about Solaris versus SunOS branding... + +Here is a mapping table that maps the `uname -sr` values to Sun's marketing +names. + + SunOS 2.x == SunOS 2.x + SunOS 3.x == SunOS 3.x + +Starting with 4.1.1B of SunOS we have the 'Solaris 1.0' release. + + SunOS 4.1.1B == Solaris 1.0 + SunOS 4.1.2 == Solaris 1.0.1 + SunOS 4.1.3 == Solaris 1.1 + SunOS 4.1.3C == Solaris 1.1C + SunOS 4.1.3_U1 == Solaris 1.1.1 + SunOS 4.1.3_U1B == Solaris 1.1.1 B + SunOS 4.1.4 == Solaris 1.1.2 + +The SunOS 5.x uname output maps to the Solaris 2.x numbers thru 2.6 + + SunOS 5.0 == Solaris 2.0 + SunOS 5.1 == Solaris 2.1 + SunOS 5.2 == Solaris 2.2 + SunOS 5.3 == Solaris 2.3 + SunOS 5.4 == Solaris 2.4 + SunOS 5.5 == Solaris 2.5 + SunOS 5.5.1 == Solaris 2.5.1 + SunOS 5.6 == Solaris 2.6 + +After SunOS 5.6, they started number based on the second digit + + SunOS 5.7 == Solaris 7 + SunOS 5.8 == Solaris 8 + SunOS 5.9 == Solaris 9 + +The common terminology is to use the name "SunOS ..." to designate SunOS 2.x, +3.x, 4.x, and "Solaris ..." to designate SunOS 5.x. -- 2.11.0