Pubsw Supported Architectures
Levels of Support
- Supported
Highest priority support.
- Limited
Best-effort, lower priority support. If software does not compile out of the box or with small amounts of tweaking for a limited support platform, it will probably be skipped on that platform unless it is a high-priority package.
- Testing
Currently being built and expected to be supported in the future, but may not yet be fully usable.
- Frozen
Only available "as is." No new work is done on this software, packages with security holes are simply deleted, and all users are encouraged to upgrade to a platform with a higher level of support. Frozen pubsw software will be retained for at least one year.
- Unavailable
No software tree available.
If you have any questions or comments about the platforms supported, please submit a HelpSU request.
Table of Supported Platforms
| OS | @sys | Support | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | |||
| Solaris 10 | sun4x_510 | Unavailable | |
| Solaris 9 | sun4x_59 | Supported | |
| Solaris 8 | sun4x_58 | Supported | |
| Solaris 7 | sun4x_57 | Frozen | |
| Solaris 2.6 | sun4x_56 | Frozen | |
| Solaris 2.5.x | sun4x_55 | Frozen | |
| Solaris x86 2.6 | sunx86_56 | Frozen | |
| Linux | |||
| glibc 2.3 | i386_linux24,amd64_linux26 | Supported | |
| glibc 2.2 | i386_linux24 | Supported | See note |
| glibc 2.1 | i386_linux22 | Frozen | |
| HP | |||
| HP-UX 11.00 | hp_ux110 | Frozen | Requires PA-RISC 2.0 |
| HP-UX 10.20 | hp_ux102 | Frozen | |
| HP / DEC / Compaq | |||
| Tru64 5.x | alpha_dux50 | Unavailable | |
| Digital UNIX 4.0 | alpha_dux40 | Frozen | |
| SGI | |||
| IRIX 6.5 | sgi_65 | Frozen | |
| IBM | |||
| AIX 5.2 | rs_aix52 | Frozen | Kerberos related software maintained |
| AIX 5.1 | rs_aix51 | Unavailable | |
| AIX 4.3 | rs_aix43 | Frozen | |
| AIX 4.2 | rs_aix42 | Frozen | |
Note on Red Hat 9 Support
The Linux glibc 2.2 tree does not support Red Hat 9 at this time. In Red Hat 9, Red Hat has made various changes to glibc that broke backwards compatibility with existing binaries. This has broken many packages in pubsw, including all binaries linked with the X libraries, some of the shared libraries, and any binaries that didn't correctly build with errno.
These problems are Red Hat-specific. Other Linux distributions may not be affected even if using the same version of glibc. Debian testing and unstable, for example, continue to run pubsw software without difficulties.
There is, as yet, no estimated time for Red Hat 9 support. The amount of work that needs to be done to support Red Hat 9 is fairly extensive, in some cases requires patching the original software (not just rebuilding it), and may require building a separate software tree solely for Red Hat 9. No resources have as yet been assigned to this work.
In the meantime, users of Red Hat 9 who need pubsw software will need to look for alternatives. Many packages in pubsw are also available as RPMs that can be installed locally, Red Hat 7.3 (or Red Hat 8) continue to work correctly with all pubsw software, or one could switch to a different Linux distribution with better backward compatibility.
