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Re: Research Systems Platform Support Update [message #28502 is a reply to message #28396]

Fri, 07 December 2001 09:36

Marcus O'Brien
Messages: 16
Registered: October 2000

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That is a possibility, but if it does run on 2.7, RSI must have a
standard test suite of programs to test it, why wont they say that they
support it? I was under the impression that solaris full binary
compatability stopped between 2.7 and 2.8. Could be mistaken there
though.

marc

Wayne Landsman wrote:
>
> m.obrien@sghms.ac.uk wrote:
>
>> And Research Systems decision to only support IDL 5.5 on Solaris 8 seems
>> to go completely unnoticed. Well my gut reaction is I'm damned if I'm
>> upgrading happy Solaris 7 machines just to upgrade IDL, which then leads
>> to, why the hell should I buy another maintenance contract.
>
> Have you actually had any problems with IDL 5.5 on Solaris 7? I have only
> run IDL on Solaris 7 for a couple of weeks but I have not seen any
> problems. Reading their release notes:
>
> *********
> For UNIX, the supported versions indicate that IDL was either built
> (the lowest version listed) or tested on that version. You can install
> and run IDL on other versions that are binary compatible with those
> listed.
> *********
>
> it seems plausible that IDL 5.5 doesn't actually require an upgrade to
> Solaris 8.
>
> Wayne Landsman landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov

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		Research Systems Platform Support Update By: Matthew Powell on Mon, 03 December 2001 09:40
		Re: Research Systems Platform Support Update By: Richard French on Wed, 05 December 2001 18:45
		Re: Research Systems Platform Support Update By: Wayne Landsman on Wed, 05 December 2001 15:46
		Re: Research Systems Platform Support Update By: Marcus O'Brien on Fri, 07 December 2001 09:36
		Re: Research Systems Platform Support Update By: Marcus O'Brien on Wed, 05 December 2001 02:58

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