Re: Equivalent to Solaris "appcert" to check binary compat. between OS versions ?

From: Johan Brusche (johan.brusche@hp.com)
Date: 04/02/03 

From: "Johan Brusche" <johan.brusche@hp.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:13:16 GMT

"Son Eu" <son_eu_carallo@yahoo.es> wrote in message
news:15c26c5c.0304010803.4b1077de@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Comming from Solaris world, i wonder if there is in T64 some
> application or method to help migrate applications from lets say 4.0x
> version to 5.1x version.
>
> Let me clarify: On solaris, as long as the original source is
> "well-behaved" (*), something compiled on an older release will run
> normally in a newer OS release. You can check it in advance with an
> application called "appcert".
>
> Is this also the case on T64 ?. If so how can i tell in advance for a
> given executable ?
>
> [ (*)NOTE: "well-behaved" here means an application whose source code
> do not depend directly on internal kernel structures (such as in
> device drivers, ...) OR is not linked statically afterwards OR it does
> not rely on undocumented interfaces, buggy behaviour (which may be
> fixed in a newer OS release), etc ...]
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Javier
>
> --
> Alternative e-mail: fjcobas (at) indra (dot) es

Upward binary compatibility has always been one of the primary
goals for development engineering of Digital/Tru64 UNIX...

Johan.

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