sun4d-Based Servers
The following servers that are based on the sun4d architecture are no longer supported in this release.
SPARCserver™ 1000
SPARCcenter™ 2000
SUNWrdm
The SUNWrdm package, which formerly contained text release notes, is no longer included on the Solaris Software CD in this release.
For release notes, refer to the Release Notes on the Solaris Documentation CD, the printed Installation Release Notes, or the most current release notes available on http://docs.sun.com.
Features That Might Be Removed in a Future Release
AdminTool
AdminTool (admintool), including swmtool, might not be supported in a future release.
Asian Short dtlogin Names
Asian short locale names, including zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8, ko, ko.UTF-8, and zh_TW, might not be listed in the dtlogin language list in a future release. The Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 releases provide new ISO standard locale names, including zh_CN.EUC, zh_CN.GBK, zh_CN.UTF-8, ko_KR.EUC, ko_KR.UTF-8, and zh_TW.EUC.
Device Management Entries in power.conf
The Device Management entries in power.conf(4) might not be supported in a future release. Similar functionality is provided by the Automatic Device Power Management entries in the Solaris 9 operating environment.
Federated Naming Service (FNS)/XFN Libraries and Commands
The Federated Naming Service that is based on the X/Open XFN standard might not be supported in a future release.
GMT Zoneinfo Time Zones
The /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/GMT[+-]* time zones might not be supported in a future release. These files might be removed from /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo. Replace usage of the zoneinfo time zones with the equivalent Etc/GMT[-+]* file. See the man pages zoneinfo(4) and environ(5) for more information.
JRE 1.2.2
Version 1.2.2 of the JRE might not be supported in a future release. Near-equivalent functionality is supported by Java 2 Standard Edition, versions 1.4 and compatible versions. Current and previous versions of JRE are available for download from http://java.sun.com.
Kerberos Version 4 Client
The Kerberos version 4 client might be removed from a future release. This client includes the Kerberos version 4 support in the kinit(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), ksrvtgt(1), mount_nfs(1M), share(1M), and kerbd(1M) commands. The Kerberos version 4 client also includes support in the kerberos(3KRB) library, and in the ONC RPC programming API kerberos_rpc(3KRB).
Korean CID Fonts
Korean CID fonts might not be supported in a future release. You can use the Korean TrueType fonts that are included in the Solaris operating environment as a replacement for Korean CID fonts.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client Library
LDAP client library, libldap.so.3, might not be included in a future release. The current version of this library, libldap.so.5, is compliant with the draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api-05.txt revision of the ldap-c-api draft from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
NIS+
NIS+ might not be supported in a future release. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
pam_unix(5) Module
The pam_unix(5) module might not be supported in a future release. Similar functionality is provided by pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).
Perl Version 5.005_03
The default version of Perl might be changed to a version that is not binary compatible with the current default (5.005_03) in a future release of the Solaris operating environment. Customer-installed modules need to be rebuilt and reinstalled against the new version. Modify any scripts that require the use of version 5.005_03 to explicitly use the 5.005_03 version of the interpreter (/usr/perl5/5.005_03/bin/perl) instead of the default version (/bin/perl or /usr/perl5/bin/perl).
Power Management I/O Control Commands
The following power management I/O control commands (ioctls) might not be supported in a future release.
PM_DISABLE_AUTOPM
PM_REENABLE_AUTOPM
PM_SET_CUR_PWR
PM_GET_CUR_PWR
PM_GET_NORM_PWR
The following alternative ioctls are supported in the Solaris 9 operating environment.
PM_DIRECT_PM
PM_RELEASE_DIRECT_PM
PM_GET_CURRENT_POWER
PM_SET_CURRENT_POWER
PM_GET_FULL_POWER
Solaris Volume Manager Transactional Volume
Solaris Volume Manager's Transactional Volumes (trans metadevices) might not be supported in a future release to reduce redundancy on the Solaris feature set. Similar functionality is provided by UFS Logging, included in the Solaris 8 operating environment, and compatible versions.
Solstice Enterprise Agents
Solstice Enterprise Agents might not be supported in a future release.
SPC Driver
The SPC driver might not be supported in a future release.
sun4m Hardware
sun4m hardware might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris operating environment.