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. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)