HP-UX 11i June 2001 Release Notes

Compatibility
Obsolescence and Deprecation of APIs
Chapter 12240
Customer Transition Aids
Transitioning from CMA threads to POSIX threads is a non-trivial effort.
The 11.x/IA-64 Software Transition Kit (STK) provides tools and
documentation transition aids to help with the transition at:
http://devresource.hp.com/STK
Additional transition aids include:
• The Porting DCE Threads Programs to HP-UX 11.0 POSIX Threads
white paper at:
http://devrsrc.external.hp.com/devresource/Docs/TechPapers/PortThreads.html
• STK tools that can detect libcma [cannot find this info at the website
shown - contacted pei-pei yow]usage in customer code/binaries at:
http:/devresource.hp.com/STK
• The Introduction to Kernel Threads white paper at:
http://devresource.hp.com/STK/partner/threads.html
List of APIs to be Deprecated/Obsoleted
A summary ofinformation about the APIs to be deprecated and obsoleted
is provided in Table 12-1, “APIs to be Deprecated/Obsoleted.”
Table 12-1 APIs to be Deprecated/Obsoleted
Library/API Description Release
Deprecated
Native
on
IA-64
Comments
Entire Libraries
libc.a
pa20_64/libc.a
Archive/static
libc
11i
11i
No
No
libp/libc.a
pa20_64/libp/ libc.a
Archive profile
libc
11i
11i
No
libpicc.a Build custom
libc
11i No