On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:15, Jan P. Kessler<sal...@jpkessler.info> wrote: > Justin Mason schrieb: >> For the upcoming release, we're considering dropping support for that >> interpreter version. If you're still using 5.6.x, or know of a >> (relatively recent) distro that does, please reply to highlight >> this.... >> >> --j. >> > > Don't know if it's still relevant: Solaris 8 > > # uname -a > SunOS mailhub 5.8 Generic_108528-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250 > > # perl -v > This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/support/sol8.xml : 'The Solaris 8 Operating System (OS) was originally released in February 2000, and since then has been superseded by two later releases: the Solaris 9 OS which was initially released in May 2002, and the Solaris 10 OS which was initially released in January 2005. The current update of this release is Solaris 10 5/09. On August 16, 2006 Sun announced the transition of the Solaris 8 OS. Per this transition: * November 16, 2006 was the last date Solaris 8 media kits could be ordered * Sun shipped Solaris 8 media up until February 16, 2007; Solaris 8 media kits are no longer available * Solaris 8 entered retirement support mode Phase I on March 31, 2007; * Solaris 8 will enter retirement support mode Phase II on March 31, 2009; and, * Solaris 8 will reach the end of its service life on March 31, 2012. The total service life of Solaris 8 will thus be slightly more than 12 years.' So the OS itself is still supported. however, that perl version (in my experience) is quite broken; whenever I've used Solaris recently I've been sure to install third-party precompiled perls from sunfreeware/blastwave, or built my own, and used those instead. it's a moot point anyway, as SA 3.1.x/3.2.x doesn't support 5.005. --j.
