Upgrading from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10

Hi
I am in the process of upgrading from Solaris 8 to 10 on a sparc server.
What I would like to know if anyone has experienced compatibility issues during the upgrade with the Korn and C Shell as well as perl.

Upgrades from either Solaris 8 or 9 are supported (see the Release Notes http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0552 section on "Changes in Upgrade Support for Solaris Releases").
As for whether to upgrade or install anew, it depends. If you just want to have the system set up as much as possible like it is now except with the new OS, upgrade. If you'd like a chance for a fresh start, where you may have to do some work re-applying configuration and other changes you made, but end up leaving behind some old changes you no longer need, then an initial install might be appropriate.

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