HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance

What is New in the September 2004 Release?

Chapter 3

— ObsJava12: Added to remove previously-installed Java version 1.2.

• Perl 5.8.2 build 808: Includes better Unicode support and numeric accuracy, new I/O

and thread implementation, and other changes.

• New Product: Portability Package (version B.11.23.0505): Now available on

Software Pack, provides select Tru64 UNIX Application Program Interfaces (APIs),

as well as enhancements to existing APIs, to ease the migration of code from Tru64

UNIX and Sun Microsystems Solaris OS to HP-UX 11i v2.

• Software Transition Kit: Provides tools and documents to help transition

applications from various operating systems, such as Tru64 UNIX or Sun

Microsystems Solaris, or from earlier versions of HP-UX. Available on the

Application Release media.

• Termcap and Curses Interfaces: Termcap (libtermcap, libtermlib) and HP curses

(libHcurses) interfaces deprecated in HP-UX 10.20 and to be removed in a future

release. Applications utilizing these libraries should migrate to the standard X/Open

curses interfaces.

May 2005 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”

• No changes in this release.

May 2005 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”

• Common Desktop Environment (CDE): X11, Xt, Motif, and Audio support for

expanded nodenames and hostnames now available on Software Pack.

What is New in the September 2004 Release?

The following summaries pertain to the September 2004 HP-UX 11i v2 release. For

further information, see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September

2004 Release Notes, available in its most current version at

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/.

The following are not exhaustive lists, so HP strongly recommends that you consult the

HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2004 Release Notes for information that is not included

here.

The summaries for the September 2004 release are divided into two lists:

1. What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1? (see

page 57)

2. What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers of HP-UX 11i v2? (see page

65)