diff -r 364141474b40 -r 4d20a3aaf1ab make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make	Wed Nov 12 05:42:59 2008 -0800
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make	Wed Nov 12 11:01:31 2008 -0800
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 ifeq ("${Platform_compiler}", "sparcWorks")
 
-ifeq ($(COMPILER_REV),5.8)
+ifeq ($(COMPILER_REV_NUMERIC),508)
   # SS11 SEGV when compiling with -g and -xarch=v8, using different backend
   DEBUG_CFLAGS/compileBroker.o = $(DEBUG_CFLAGS) -xO0
   DEBUG_CFLAGS/jvmtiTagMap.o   = $(DEBUG_CFLAGS) -xO0