diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs-linux.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs-linux.gmk
index 71272540c055fb75662fe158efe2b1164c251f77..fbc059c1da6cd396ee11d851d785e6cb8cfa6eca 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs-linux.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs-linux.gmk
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ LIBM=-lm
 
 # GCC29_COMPILER_PATH: is the path to where the gcc 2.9 compiler is installed
 #  NOTE: Must end with / so that it could be empty, allowing PATH usage.
-ifdef ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH
+ifneq "$(origin ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH)" "undefined"
   GCC29_COMPILER_PATH :=$(call PrefixPath,$(ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH))
 else
   GCC29_COMPILER_PATH = $(JDK_DEVTOOLS_DIR)/$(PLATFORM)/gcc29/usr/
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
index aac7d039c59faf6ebd9d65025559913d6ceda642..39f99ae7c17c8e70ad5175d838e2eb62f99b9c35 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
@@ -99,16 +99,12 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
       echo "RedHat"; \
     elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ] ; then \
       echo "SuSE"; \
-    elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ] ; then \
-      $(EGREP) DISTRIB_ID /etc/lsb-release | $(SED) -e 's@.*DISTRIB_ID=\(.*\)@\1@'; \
     else \
       echo "Unknown"; \
     fi)
   OS_VARIANT_VERSION := $(shell \
     if [ "$(OS_VARIANT_NAME)" = "Fedora" ] ; then \
       $(CAT) /etc/fedora-release | $(HEAD) -1 | $(NAWK) '{ print $$3; }' ; \
-    elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ] ; then \
-      $(EGREP) DISTRIB_RELEASE /etc/lsb-release | $(SED) -e 's@.*DISTRIB_RELEASE=\(.*\)@\1@'; \
     fi)
   ALSA_INCLUDE=/usr/include/alsa/version.h
   ALSA_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libasound.so
@@ -283,7 +279,7 @@ sane-arch_data_model:
 	fi
 
 ######################################################
-# Check the OS version (windows and linux have release name checks)
+# Check the OS version (windows and linus have release name checks)
 #   NOTE: OPENJDK explicitly does not check for OS release information.
 #         Unless we know for sure that it will not build somewhere, we cannot
 #         generate a fatal sanity error, and a warning about the official
@@ -1480,63 +1476,60 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)
 endif
 
 ######################################################
-# Check the GNU C++ compiler for OJI plugin
+# Check the Solaris GNU c++ compiler for solaris plugin
 ######################################################
 sane-gcc-compiler:
-ifndef OPENJDK
-  ifeq ($(PLATFORM), solaris)
-	@if [ -r $(GCC_COMPILER_PATH) ]; then \
-	if [ ! "$(GCC_VER)" = $(REQUIRED_GCC_VERSION) ]; then \
-	$(ECHO) "ERROR: The Solaris GCC compiler version must be $(REQUIRED_GCC_VERSION). \n" \
-	"      You are using the following compiler version: $(GCC_VER) \n" \
-	"      The compiler was obtained from the following location: \n" \
-	"          $(GCC_COMPILER_PATH) \n" \
-	"      Please change your compiler. \n" \
-	"" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
-	fi \
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM), solaris)
+  ifndef OPENJDK
+    @if [ -r $(GCC_COMPILER_PATH) ]; then \
+	  if [ ! "$(GCC_VER)" = $(REQUIRED_GCC_VERSION) ]; then \
+	    $(ECHO) "ERROR: The Solaris GCC compiler version must be $(REQUIRED_GCC_VERSION). \n" \
+	      "      You are using the following compiler version: $(GCC_VER) \n" \
+	      "      The compiler was obtained from the following location: \n" \
+	      "          $(GCC_COMPILER_PATH) \n" \
+	      "      Please change your compiler. \n" \
+	      "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+    fi \
 	else \
-	$(ECHO) "ERROR: You do not have a valid GCC_COMPILER_PATH setting. \n" \
-	"      Please check your access to \n" \
-	"          $(GCC_COMPILER_PATH) \n" \
-	"      and/or check your value of ALT_GCC_COMPILER_PATH. \n" \
-	"      This will affect you if you build the plugin target. \n" \
-	"" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+	  $(ECHO) "ERROR: You do not have a valid GCC_COMPILER_PATH setting. \n" \
+	    "      Please check your access to \n" \
+	    "          $(GCC_COMPILER_PATH) \n" \
+	    "      and/or check your value of ALT_GCC_COMPILER_PATH. \n" \
+	    "      This will affect you if you build the plugin target. \n" \
+	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
 	fi
   endif
 
   ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
-    ifeq ($(ARCH_DATA_MODEL), 32)
-      ifdef ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH
+    ifdef ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH
 	@if [ ! -x $(ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH)/bin/gcc ]; then \
-	  $(ECHO) "ERROR: You do not have a valid ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH setting. \n" \
-	    "      Please check your access to \n" \
-	    "      $(ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH)/bin/gcc \n" \
-	    "      This will affect you if you build the plugin target. \n" \
-	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
-	fi
-      else
-        ifdef ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH
-	  @if [ ! -r $(ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH)/libjavaplugin_oji.so ]; then \
+ 	    $(ECHO) "ERROR: You do not have a valid ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH setting. \n" \
+	         "      Please check your access to \n" \
+	         "      $(ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH)/bin/gcc \n" \
+	         "      This will affect you if you build the plugin target. \n" \
+	         "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+    fi
+    endif
+    ifdef ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH
+	@if [ ! -r $(ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH)/libjavaplugin_oji.so ]; then \
 	    $(ECHO) "Error: You do not have a valid ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH setting. \n" \
-	      " Please check your access to \n" \
-	      " $(ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH)/libjavaplugin_oji.so \n" \
-	      " This will affect you if you build the plugin target, specifically for gcc 2.9 version of OJI plugin library. \n" \
-	      "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
-	  fi
-	else
-	  @if [ ! -r $(GCC29_COMPILER_PATH) ]; then \
+		        " Please check your access to \n" \
+		        " $(ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH)/libjavaplugin_oji.so \n" \
+		        " This will affect you if you build the plugin target, specifically for gcc 2.9 version of OJI plugin library. \n" \
+		        "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+	fi
+    else
+	@if [ ! -r $(GCC29_COMPILER_PATH) ]; then \
 	    $(ECHO) "ERROR: You do not have a valid GCC29_COMPILER_PATH setting. \n" \
-	      " Please check your access to \n" \
-	      " $(GCC29_COMPILER_PATH) \n" \
-	      " and/or check your value of ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH or ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH \n" \
-	      " This will affect you if you build the plugin target. \n" \
-	      "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
-	   fi
-        endif # ALT_GCC29_PLUGIN_LIB_PATH
-      endif # ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH 
-    endif # ARCH_DATA_MODEL, 32
-  endif # LINUX
-endif  # OPEN_JDK
+	    	    " Please check your access to \n" \
+	    	    " $(GCC29_COMPILER_PATH) \n" \
+	    	    " and/or check your value of ALT_GCC29_COMPILER_PATH. \n" \
+	    	    " This will affect you if you build the plugin target. \n" \
+	    	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+	fi
+    endif
+  endif
+endif
 
 
 ######################################################