sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) (10/23/90)
Ok, I have asked all the System V guru's I know. (Even tried AT&T :-) and have got nowhere. So perhaps the net can help. Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a suitable source would also be useful. Frequently we (a computer vendor) respond to tenders that call for say System V 3.3. In one case the tender asked for 3.3 only weeks after AT&T announced it. In many cases the customer simply wants the latest and greatest of whatever... In other cases they do have a need for specific features that may have been introduced with a particular release. (Ok, most clever software writers try and avoid such release dependance but...). My company sells a Unix derrived from Sys V 3.1, with enhancements such as FFS from BSD etc etc. It may well be the case that our Unix does indeed provide the feature that the customer want's - but without a list of the differences between releases we don't know. Thank you (in advance :-) -- Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au> #include <disclaimer> /* imagine something *very* witty here */
wsinpdb@wsinis04.info.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra) (10/23/90)
In article <1990Oct23.015640.23819@melb.bull.oz.au> sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) writes: >Ok, I have asked all the System V guru's I know. (Even tried >AT&T :-) and have got nowhere. So perhaps the net can help. > >Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major >changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a >suitable source would also be useful. I don't know the whole scoop, but starting from 3.1 i can tell you that: 3.2 introduced xenix compatibility (the ability to execute 286 and 386 xenix binaries on a 386 and to mount xenix file systems). As far as I know there is no 3.3. For the 386 there is a 3.2.1 (also known as 3.2u) which introduced VGA support, while 3.2.2 introduced SCSI support. The next version is 4.0, which supposedly introduces bsd compatibility. As many tools and routines in system Vr3.2 and in BSD unix (4.2 or 4.3) exist with the same name but a different functionality, The system will not be able to look exactly like a bsd system and as a system v system at the same time. Paul. (debra@research.att.com)
jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) (10/25/90)
When I asked "what's new with SVR4", the answer I got was:
1) Compare AT&T SVR3 to Berkeley 4.4BSD.
2) Compare 4.4BSD to SunOS-4.1 from Sun.
3) Compare SVR3 to Xenix for the Intel 80386.
4) Add up all the new features and you have System V Release 4.
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In article <1990Oct23.015640.23819@melb.bull.oz.au> sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) writes:
=Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major
=changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a
=suitable source would also be useful.
AT&T publishes a SVR4.0 compatibility guide that has tables upon tables
of just what you want.
Pete
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Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91mef@parsons.rutgers.edu (Marc E. Fiuczynski) (10/25/90)
Where can we get a hold of this compatibility guide for SVR3.1 and SVR3.2? -- Marc Fiuczynski mef@remus.rutgers.edu
jtc@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (J.T. Conklin) (10/26/90)
In article <1990Oct23.015640.23819@melb.bull.oz.au> sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) writes: >Ok, I have asked all the System V guru's I know. (Even tried >AT&T :-) and have got nowhere. So perhaps the net can help. > >Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major >changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a >suitable source would also be useful. I got this from the UNIX System V Release 4 Migration Guide: Release 2.0 Features Self-Configuration Dynamic Disk Partitioning File System Hardening Advisory File and Record Locking Shell Enhancements (Job Control) System Administration Menus (sysadm) Release 2.1 Features Demand Paging Manditory File and Record Locking Release 3.0 Features Remote File Sharing STREAMS Transport Level Interface Listener Shared Libraries getopts Signal Mechanism Enhancements Improved Facilities for Supporting Terminals Release 3.1 Features Support for Eight-Bit Code Sets Support for Alternate Date and Time Formats Support for Alternate Character Classification and Conversion Rules New awk (nawk) Improved Recovery of Files from cpio Archives Incremental Backup of Nested Files Swapping the User Area Smaller and Faster Curses Release 3.2 Features Enhanced System Security 2K File System Utilities Framed Access Command Environment Form and Menu Language Interpreter Enhanced curses --jtc -- J.T. Conklin UniFax Communications Inc. ...!{uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!jtc, jtc@wimsey.bc.ca
avg@hq.demos.su (Vadim G. Antonov) (10/27/90)
In article <1303@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes: >When I asked "what's new with SVR4", the answer I got was: > 1-3) Compare AT&T SVR3, Berkeley 4.4BSD, SunOS-4.1, Xenix/386 > 4) Add up all the new features and you have System V Release 4. ... and all misfeatures I think. Do you really think someone can read 40 volumes of documentation in order to enjoy all new features of V.4? Extra feature is NOT a good, I still think the best Unix is v6. Why have they forgotten "KISS"? Vadim Antonov DEMOS, Moscow, USSR
berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric D. berggren) (10/30/90)
In article <1990Oct23.015640.23819@melb.bull.oz.au> sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) writes: >Ok, I have asked all the System V guru's I know. (Even tried >AT&T :-) and have got nowhere. So perhaps the net can help. > >Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major >changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a >suitable source would also be useful. UNIX/V R4 is supposed to include X windows, I hear.
ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat) (10/30/90)
Please don't forget that there is now a release 3.2.3 shoehorned in between 3.2.2 and 4.0. It provides some bug fixes, new device drivers, etc.
sean@icl011.UUCP (SEan Strand) (10/30/90)
In article <1990Oct23.015640.23819@melb.bull.oz.au>, sjg@sun0.melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) writes: > > Can anybody provide a list (succinct if possible) of the major > changes introduced with System V 3.1,3.2 etc. A reference to a > suitable source would also be useful. > YES: Just ask your I.C.L. agent or phone CCI in the States if you can give me a day or two I'll read_on_disk the I.C.L. manual and fwd it to you. It coveres all the 5.1.? upto 5.3.3. command_by_command. > #include <disclaimer> /* imagine something *very* witty here */ /* & I'm only a 4/eyed paddy */ Regards, SEan S.