Harlan Stenn <stenn@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm pretty sure we still have bunch of SunOS 4 users in the population I > have to support. Which population would that be? Computer museum operators? Seriously, it's been many years since I've heard of anybody using SunOS 4 to run Autoconf-generated scripts, not counting computer museums. Sun itself stopped issuing new patches for SunOS 4 in 2000, and as of 2003 Sun no longer even offered a subscription for telephone support or access to old patches. If you want SunOS 4 support right now, you need to pony up some real money and get what is called a "Custom Quote", which requires a big mucky-muck in Sun to approve it. I'd be surprised to hear that anybody is doing that for SunOS 4. I would say that the oldest Sun release we need to worry about nowadays is the oldest one that Sun still supports, namely Solaris 2.6. And, since Sun will stop supporting 2.6 on July 23, we can stop worrying about 2.6 then. Solaris 7 support is scheduled to end on August 15, 2008, so we need to worry about it for a couple more years. Solaris 8 and later are still being shipped and so will be worthy of our attention for at least the next five years. Reference: http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/solaris/solaris_vintage_eol_5.2005.html _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
