Chris Ridd writes:
> Are there plans to update gcc in sfw from 3.4.3 to something more  
> recent?

Yes.  See LSARC 2008/776:

  https://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=320220

> I'm struggling right now to build some code that pretty much *only*  
> builds with gcc, but requires that data be 16-byte aligned on the  
> stack. gcc 3.4.3 will not do that under certain optimization levels  
> and AFAIK that's a bug fixed in gcc 4.2.

I think it's a multi-stage project, as there are consolidations that
are dependent on 3.4.3, and some work may be required to make them
work with newer gcc.

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