Subject: Re: Solaris 10 and pkgsrc
To: Chris Humphries <chris@unixfu.net>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/05/2005 00:40:56
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Chris Humphries wrote:

> Just noticed that version string for solaris 10 is noted
> as 2.10 when it should 5.10.

Well, technically, Solaris 10 == Solaris 2.10 == SunOS 5.10.  "Solaris 2" is
the name typically associated with the "SunOS 5" series of OS releases.
The shift at SunOS 5.7 to the marketing name "Solaris 7" (rather than
"Solaris 2.7") is yet another cosmetic layer.

<sigh>

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