Chapter 3 Compatibility

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Compatibility Statement for HP-UX 11.0

Binary Compatibility
Source Compatibility
Data Compatibility
Upgrade Compatibility
Relocatable Binary Compatibility
Compatibility Support and Status
Compatibility of Non-HP Products
Obsolescence
Link Restrictions
Using New Features
Compatibility Exceptions in 11.0

Internet Services (ARPA Services) APIs in libc

Internet Services API Binary Compatibility Statement
Differences Between 10.20 and 11.0

Non-Portable and Non-Compatible APIs

Context APIs
nlist
pstat
ptrace/ttrace
[sig]setjmp/longjmp
sigstack/sigspace
uname(1)

Shared Library Versioning in 10.30

Do I Need to Version?
I Need to Version. Now What Do I Do?
Core HP-UX Versioned Libraries (HP-UX 10.30)
Optional Product Libraries
libc Versioning Information

Deprecation and Obsolescence of APIs

Terms and Definitions
Architecture-Related Changes
Miscellaneous Clean-up of Unsupported Features
Interface Replacement
Standards
HP-UX Legacy Interfaces
Secure Password File Access Interfaces
Internationalization
Compatibility with Other Platforms

ONC/NFS Binary Compatibility

API Binary Compatibility
The NFS Subsystem
NFS Compatibility Matrix - Mixing NFS PV2 and PV3
The Secure RPC subsystem

This chapter discusses the following topics:

Compatibility Statement for HP-UX 11.0
Internet Services APIs in libc
Non-Portable and Non-Compatible APIs
Shared Library Versioning
Obsolescence and Deprecation of APIs
ONC/NFS Binary Compatibility
NFS Compatibility Matrix - Mixing NFS PV2 and PV3

For compatibility issues relevant to a particular component, refer to the information in this document that describes that component. For example, see the information in this document on curses, libc, libsec, and the math library for a detailed description on source code compatibility issues regarding those components.

Chapter 3 Compatibility

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