Sun Studio Component Matrix

The following tables display the supported components for current and previous releases of Sun Studio Compilers and Tools.

Note: If you are seeking support for a third-party product that is not listed in our Component Matrix, you need to contact the vendor of that product. Sun only supports Sun Studio software with the versions of third-party software that are documented in the Component Matrix. For more information, see our Support Policy.

Most Current Release of Sun Studio Compilers and Tools

ProductName	Sun Studio 12 Update 1 - Current Release -
Documentation Set Title	Sun Studio 12 Update 1
CD Label	--
Supported Solaris Operating System Versions	SPARC systems: Solaris 10 1/06 or later x86 systems: Solaris 10 1/06 or later, OpenSolaris 2008.11, OpenSolaris 2009.06
Supported Linux Operating Systems	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS 5 Oracle Enterprise Linux 5
Supported J2SE/JDK Versions	JDK 5 Update 16 or higher
Release Date	June 2009
Current Status	Current release
Last Order Date	--
End of Support Date	--
Patches	»SS12U1 patches
Compilers, Libraries, and Tools	Version Numbers
C Compiler	5.10
C++ Compiler	5.10
C++ Standard Libraries	- default (libCstd) 5.9 - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable
Tools.h++	7.1.0
dbx	7.7
Fortran Compiler	8.4
Interval Arithmetic Support	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library
Lock Lint	2.6 Solaris SPARC and x86 only
OpenMP Support	Solaris+Linux/SPARC and x86/x64 C/C++/Fortran 95: OpenMP 3.0
Performance Analyzer	7.7 Both command-line version and GUI-based tools available.
Sun Performance Library	12u1 2009/04/28 Solaris and Linux, SPARC, x86 and x64
Code Building Tools	Version Numbers
dmake	7.9
IDE and Graphical Utilities	Version Numbers
IDE Based on the NetBeans platform	9.0
X-Designer	Not available
Text Editors	Version Numbers
Vim Text Editor	Not available
XEmacs Text Editor	Not available

Previous Releases of Sun Studio Compilers and Tools

Product Name	Sun Studio 12	Sun Studio 11	Sun Studio 10	Sun Studio 9	Sun Studio 8
Documentation Set Title	Sun Studio 12	Sun Studio 11	Sun Studio 10	Sun Studio 9	Sun Studio 8
CD Label	Volume 16 Number 1	Volume 15 Number 1	Volume 14 Number 1	Volume 13 Number 1	Volume 12 Number 1
Supported Solaris Operating System Versions	SPARC systems: 9, 10 1/06 x86 systems: 9, 10 1/06	SPARC systems: 8, 9, 10 x86 systems: 8, 9, 10	SPARC systems: 8, 9, 10 x86 systems: 8, 9, 10	SPARC Platform Edition: 8, 9, 10 x86 Platform Edition: 8, 9, 10	SPARC Platform Edition: 7, 8, 9, 10 x86 Platform Edition: 7, 8, 9, 10
Supported Linux Operating Systems (see note below)	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with Service Pack 3 (English locale only), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (English locale only), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Sun Java Desktop System, Release 2, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Sun Java Desktop System 2003, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	-
Supported J2SE/JDK Versions	J2SE 5.0 Update 9	J2SE 1.4.2_08 and J2SE 5.0 Update 3	J2SE 1.4.2_06	J2SE 1.4.2_04	J2SE 1.4.2_02
Release Date	June 2007	November 2005	January 2005	July 2004	March 2004
Current Status	Available	Available	EOL	EOL	EOL
Last Order Date	-	-	-	08/2007	10/2005
End of Support Date	-	-	-	11/2012 Phase 1 ends - 11/2010 Phase 2 ends - 11/2012	01/2011 Phase 1 ends - 01/2009 Phase 2 ends - 01/2011
Patches	»SS12 patches	»SS11 patches	»SS10 patches	»SS9 patches	»SS8 patches
Compilers, Libraries, and Tools	Version Numbers
C Compiler	5.9	5.8 Solaris only	5.7 Solaris only	5.6 Solaris only	5.5
C++ Compiler	5.9	5.8 Solaris only	5.7 Solaris only	5.6 Solaris only	5.5
C++ Standard Libraries	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide) Solaris only	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide) Solaris only	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide) Solaris only	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide)
Tools.h++	7.1.0	7.1.0 Solaris only	7.1.0 Solaris only	7.1.0 Solaris only	7.1.0
dbx	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.3	7.2
Fortran Compiler	Fortran 95: 8.3	Fortran 95: 8.2 Solaris only	Fortran 95: 8.1 Solaris only	Fortran 95: 8.0 Solaris only	Fortran 95: 7.1 Solaris SPARC only
Interval Arithmetic Support	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library
ild	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	7.1 Solaris only	7.1
Lock Lint	2.6 Solaris SPARC and x86 only	2.6 Solaris SPARC only	2.6 Solaris SPARC only	2.4 Solaris SPARC only	2.4 Solaris SPARC only
OpenMP Support	Solaris/SPARC and x86/x64 Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.5 C/C++: OpenMP 2.5	Solaris/SPARC and x86/x64 Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.5 C/C++: OpenMP 2.5	Solaris/SPARC and x86 Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.0 C/C++: OpenMP 2.0	Solaris/SPARC only Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.0 C/C++: OpenMP 2.0	SPARC only Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.0 C/C++: OpenMP 2.0
Performance Analyzer	7.6 Both command-line version and GUI-based tools available.	7.5 Both command-line version and GUI-based tools available.	7.4 Both command-line version and GUI-based tools available.	7.3 Both command-line version and GUI-based tools available.	7.2 Both command-line version and GUI-based tools available.
Sun Performance Library	4.4 SPARC and Linux, x86 and x64	4.3 SPARC, x86, and x64	4.2 SPARC, x86, and x64	4.1 SPARC only	4.1 SPARC only
Code Building Tools	Version Numbers
dmake	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.5	7.4
IDE and Graphical Utilities	Version Numbers
IDE Based on the NetBeans platform	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Sun WorkShop IDE Forte Developer IDE)	Not available.	Not available.	Not available.	Not available.	Not available.
X-Designer	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.5
Text Editors	Version Numbers
Vim Text Editor		6.3	6.2.367	6.2.367	6.2.233
XEmacs Text Editor		21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4
License Management Software	Version Numbers
Serial Number Licensing	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Older Legacy Releases of Sun ONE and Forte Developer Tools

Legacy Sun ONE Studio and Forte Developer Tools
General Information
Product Name	Sun ONE Studio 8 Compiler Collection	Sun ONE Studio 7 (Forte Developer 7)	Forte Developer 6 update 2	Forte Developer 6 update 1	Forte Developer 6 Sun WorkShop 6)
Documentation Set Title	Sun ONE Studio 8 Compiler Collection	Forte Developer 7	Sun WorkShop 6 update 2	Sun WorkShop 6 update 1	Sun WorkShop 6
CD Label	Volume 11 Number 1	Volume 10 Number 1	Volume 9 Number 1	Volume 8 Number 1	Volume 7 Number 1
Supported Solaris Operating System Versions	SPARC Platform Edition: 7, 8, 9, 10 x86 Platform Edition: 7, 8, 9, 10	SPARC Platform Edition: 7, 8, 9 Intel Platform Edition: No Intel Platform Edition support	SPARC Platform Edition: 2.6, 7, 8, 9 Intel Platform Edition: 2.6, 7, 8, 9	SPARC Platform Edition: 2.6, 7, 8 Intel Platform Edition: 2.6, 7, 8	SPARC Platform Edition: 2.6, 7, 8 Intel Platform Edition: 2.6, 7, 8
Supported J2SE/JDK Versions	J2SE 1.4.1	-	-	-	-
Release Date	May 2003	May 2002	July 2001	November 2000	May 2000
Current Status	EOL	EOL	EOL	Not available	Not available
Last Order Date	12/2004	07/2004	04/2007	12/2001	8/2001
End of Support Date	03/2010 Phase 1 ends - 03/2008 Phase 2 ends - 03/2010	10/2009 Phase 1 ends - 10/2007 Phase 2 ends - 10/2009	07/2012 Phase 1 ends - 07/2010 Phase 2 ends - 07/2012	12/2006	8/2006
Patches	»S1S8 patches	»S1S7 patches	»FD6u2 patches	»FD6u1 patches	»FD6 patches
Compilers, Libraries, and Tools	Version Numbers
C Compiler	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.1
C++ Compiler	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.1
C++ Standard Libraries	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.3 - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide)	- default (libCstd) - STLport 4.5.2 - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide)	- default (libCstd) - replaceable (see Chapter 12 of the C++ User's Guide PDF)	default (libCstd)	default (libCstd)
Tools.h++	7.1.0	7.1.0	7.1.0	7.1.0	7.1.0
dbx	7.1	7.0	6.2	6.1	6.0
Fortran Compiler	Fortran 95: 7.1 SPARC only	Fortran 95: 7.0 SPARC only Fortran 77: No separate Fortran 77	Fortran 95: 6.2 SPARC only Fortran 77: 5.3	Fortran 95: 6.1 SPARC only Fortran 77: 5.2	Fortran 95: 6.0 SPARC only Fortran 77: 5.1
Interval Arithmetic Support	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Class Library	Fortran 95: Intrinsic C++: Not available
ild	7.1	7.0	6.2	6.1	6.0
Lock Lint	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
Loop Tool	Not supported. Similar functionality in Performance Analyzer.	No longer supported. Similar functionality in Performance Analyzer.	2.3	2.3	2.3
OpenMP Support	SPARC only Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.0 C/C++: OpenMP 2.0	SPARC only Fortran 95: OpenMP 2.0 C/C++: OpenMP 1.0	SPARC only Fortran 95: OpenMP 1.0	SPARC only Fortran 95: OpenMP 1.0	Not available
Performance Analyzer	7.1 Only command-line tools included.	7.0 Only command-line tools included.	6.2	6.2	6.0
Sun Performance Library	4.1 SPARC only	4.0 SPARC only	3.2 SPARC only	3.1 SPARC only	3.0 SPARC only
Code Building Tools
dmake	7.3	7.2	6.02	6.01	6.0
Code Management Tools
TeamWare Code Management Tool	Not available. S1S8 Compiler Collection can be connected to the Forte Developer 6 update 2 (FD6u2) TeamWare Code Management Tool	Not available. S1S8 Compiler Collection can be connected to the Forte Developer 6 update 2 (FD6u2) TeamWare Code Management Tool	6.02	6.01	6.0
IDE and Graphical Utilities
IDE Based on the NetBeans platform	Not included	Requires Sun ONE Studio 7, Enterprise Edition for Solaris
Sun WorkShop IDE(Forte Developer IDE)	Not available. S1S8 Compiler Collection can be connected to the FD6u2 (Sun WorkShop) IDE	Not available. S1S7 Compiler Collection can be connected to the FD6u2 (Sun WorkShop) IDE	6 update 2	6 update 1	6
X-Designer	Not available	7.0	6.2	6.1	6.0
Text Editors
Vim Text Editor	5.6.12	6.1.7	5.6.12	5.3	5.3
XEmacs Text Editor	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4
License Management Software
Serial Number Licensing	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
FLEXlm	Not used	Not used	7.0b	7.0b	7.0b

Notes on Solaris OS Support:

If a Sun Studio release is supported on a specific Solaris OS release, bug reports will be accepted for Sun Studio running on the specified Solaris OS release.
If a Sun Studio release is not supported on a specific Solaris OS release, bug reports will not be accepted for that Solaris OS release, nor will fixes or patches be distributed for Sun Studio on that Solaris OS release.
Sun Studio 10 was the first release to support x64 platforms (64-bit x86) with Solaris 10.

Note on Linux OS Support:

Only dbx, dmake, the IDE, and the Performance Analyzer are available with Sun Studio 9, Sun Studio 10 or Sun Studio 11 for Linux platforms.

Notes on Compatibility Issues:

Binary Compatibility among versions of Solaris:
Executables created using a supported compiler release, on an earlier Solaris OS version, will run on later Solaris OS versions.

This is part of the Solaris binary compatibility guarantee.

Note: Such executables may need the Sun Studio runtime libraries that were part of the compiler with which the executable was created. For example, an executable created using Forte Devloper 6 update 2 on Solaris 2.6, along with the shared runtime libraries of Forte Developer 6 update 2, will run correctly without recompilation or relinking on Solaris 10.

Binary Compatibility among object files:

Libraries and object files created with an earlier release of a Sun Studio compiler, may be used when linking with a later versions of that compiler.

When you link with a mixed set of object files and libraries created with different versions of the Sun Studio compilers, you must use the latest compiler that produced any of the object files or libraries being linked.

For example, a shared object .so created with an FD6u2 compiler can be used when linking with the Sun Studio 10 version of that same compiler.

Important considerations for Fortran 95 with Forte Developer 6 update 2 (FD6u2):

If you compile with the -aligncommon option you should not mix object files produced by f95 of FD6U2 with objects produced by a later version of the compiler if the common blocks contain either derived types or variables typed with an explicit kind value.
Module information files generated by f95 of FD6Up2 are not guaranteed to be compatible with future releases