Is Solaris/x86 Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant?
Solaris 8 is Y2K OK out-of-the-box (so far).Solaris 7, 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5, and 2.4 can be made Y2K-safe by applying a
set of Y2K patches.
These patches are available at
http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/
Note these patches are required even though the January 1, 2000
rollover date has passed
(it will still be Y2K or later!).
Solaris/x86 Y2K information is available at http://www.Sun.COM/y2000/
Of the Y2K patches, only the make and sccs patch are in the Recommended
Patches set.
For Solaris/x86 Y2K recommended patches, see
http://access1.Sun.COM/patch.y2k/
For the entire Y2K patch cluster for each Solaris release, see
http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/y2k-patches
This latter link may be restricted to registered or licensed users.
I certainly didn't pay any money to access it though
(other than the Solaris license).
Y2K Patches exist for Solaris Intel 7, 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5, and 2.4.
Note that not all Y2K patches are in the
"recommended" patch cluster for each release.
The "showrev -p" command shows what patches you have installed.
Anyone can download recommended patches.
Non-recommended patches are not as serious and generally
require registration to access and download.
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