diff --git a/make/common/Defs-linux.gmk b/make/common/Defs-linux.gmk
index fcaad70af32c98d7f5c4662081285a76342496ef..515691dd29303280dc047fd04e975e12584c6d1c 100644
--- a/make/common/Defs-linux.gmk
+++ b/make/common/Defs-linux.gmk
@@ -251,9 +251,8 @@ LDFLAGS_COMMON += -Wl,-soname=$(LIB_PREFIX)$(LIBRARY).$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
 # statically link libgcc but will print a warning with the flag. We don't 
 # want the warning, so check gcc version first.
 #
-CC_VER_MAJOR := $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | $(SED) 's/egcs-//' | $(CUT) -d'.' -f1)
-ifeq ("$(CC_VER_MAJOR)", "3")
-OTHER_LDFLAGS  += -static-libgcc
+ifeq ($(CC_MAJORVER),3)
+  OTHER_LDFLAGS  += -static-libgcc
 endif
 
 # Automatic precompiled header option to use (if COMPILE_APPROACH=batch)
diff --git a/make/common/Defs-solaris.gmk b/make/common/Defs-solaris.gmk
index 1442959756ffbe8958118db551d5f3455604ed01..c062f275c25564f3d140c8db391a5e096eccf901 100644
--- a/make/common/Defs-solaris.gmk
+++ b/make/common/Defs-solaris.gmk
@@ -457,14 +457,15 @@ else
     # On X86, make sure tail call optimization is off
     #    The z and y are the tail call optimizations.
     ifeq ($(ARCH_FAMILY), i586)
-      ifeq ($(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MAJORVER) \>= 5), 1)
-        ifeq ($(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MINORVER) \> 8), 1)
-          #    Somehow, tail call optimization is creeping in.
-          #    Make sure it is off.
-	  # WARNING: These may cause compiler warnings about duplicate -O options
-          CC_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS  += -Wu,-O$(OPT_LEVEL/$(OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL))~yz
-          CXX_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS += -Qoption ube -O$(OPT_LEVEL/$(OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL))~yz
-        endif
+      CC_NEWER_THAN_58 := \
+        $(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MAJORVER) \> 5 \| \
+	    \( $(CC_MAJORVER) = 5 \& $(CC_MINORVER) \> 8 \) )
+      ifeq ($(CC_NEWER_THAN_58),1)
+        #    Somehow, tail call optimization is creeping in.
+        #    Make sure it is off.
+        # WARNING: These may cause compiler warnings about duplicate -O options
+        CC_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS  += -Wu,-O$(OPT_LEVEL/$(OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL))~yz
+        CXX_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS += -Qoption ube -O$(OPT_LEVEL/$(OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL))~yz
       endif
     endif
   
@@ -481,14 +482,15 @@ else
         CXX_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS += -Qoption ube -Z~B
       endif
 
-      ifeq ($(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MAJORVER) \>= 5), 1)
-        ifeq ($(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MINORVER) \> 6), 1)
-          # Do NOT use frame pointer register as a general purpose opt register
-          CC_OPT/NONE            += -xregs=no%frameptr
-          CXX_OPT/NONE           += -xregs=no%frameptr
-          CC_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS  += -xregs=no%frameptr
-          CXX_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS += -xregs=no%frameptr
-        endif
+      CC_NEWER_THAN_56 := \
+        $(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MAJORVER) \> 5 \| \
+	    \( $(CC_MAJORVER) = 5 \& $(CC_MINORVER) \> 6 \) )
+      ifeq ($(CC_NEWER_THAN_56),1)
+        # Do NOT use frame pointer register as a general purpose opt register
+        CC_OPT/NONE            += -xregs=no%frameptr
+        CXX_OPT/NONE           += -xregs=no%frameptr
+        CC_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS  += -xregs=no%frameptr
+        CXX_XKEEPFRAME_OPTIONS += -xregs=no%frameptr
       endif
     endif
   
@@ -566,8 +568,10 @@ else
     CFLAGS_REQUIRED_sparc    += -xregs=no%appl
     CFLAGS_REQUIRED_sparcv9  += -xregs=no%appl
   endif
-  ifeq ($(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_VER) \> 5.6), 1)
-    # We MUST allow data alignment of 4 for sparc V8 (32bit)
+  CC_NEWER_THAN_56 := \
+    $(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MAJORVER) \> 5 \| \
+         \( $(CC_MAJORVER) = 5 \& $(CC_MINORVER) \> 6 \) )
+  ifeq ($(CC_NEWER_THAN_56),1)
     #     Presents an ABI issue with customer JNI libs? We must be able to
     #     to handle 4byte aligned objects? (rare occurance, but possible?)
     CFLAGS_REQUIRED_sparc += -xmemalign=4s
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Compiler-gcc.gmk b/make/common/shared/Compiler-gcc.gmk
index 570ea1c85dba9d787ee9eb0a86ba4f8637264b30..092ec16834610c83bbb3cb5a3ad0a887582b9edc 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Compiler-gcc.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Compiler-gcc.gmk
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ endif
 # Get gcc version
 _CC_VER :=$(shell $(CC) -dumpversion 2>&1 )
 CC_VER  :=$(call GetVersion,"$(_CC_VER)")
+CC_MAJORVER  :=$(call MajorVersion,$(CC_VER))
+CC_MINORVER  :=$(call MinorVersion,$(CC_VER))
 
 # Name of compiler
 COMPILER_NAME = GCC$(call MajorVersion,$(CC_VER))
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Compiler-sun.gmk b/make/common/shared/Compiler-sun.gmk
index 3881d393dc9df7bc35841480b534caa761c96854..fc0e9df6e3a785182582d22270019e813a2b89a9 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Compiler-sun.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Compiler-sun.gmk
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH_FAMILY), i586)
   LINT_XARCH_OPTION_OLD/64 += -Xarch=amd64
 endif
 # Pick the options we want based on the compiler being used. (5.9 or newer)
-ifeq ($(shell expr $(CC_MINORVER) \>= 9), 1)
+CC_59_OR_NEWER := \
+  $(shell expr $(CC_MAJORVER) \> 5 \| \
+      \( $(CC_MAJORVER) = 5 \& $(CC_MINORVER) \>= 9 \) )
+ifeq ($(CC_59_OR_NEWER), 1)
   XARCH_OPTION/32 = $(XARCH_OPTION_NEW/32)
   XARCH_OPTION/64 = $(XARCH_OPTION_NEW/64)
   LINT_XARCH_OPTION/32 = $(LINT_XARCH_OPTION_NEW/32)
diff --git a/make/sun/jpeg/Makefile b/make/sun/jpeg/Makefile
index da2aff171f31824b52c233f845f31ae29be832ed..f73acf3a2e175474f74682c1c3ff98cd3f8d5011 100644
--- a/make/sun/jpeg/Makefile
+++ b/make/sun/jpeg/Makefile
@@ -73,9 +73,14 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
   # Recommended way to avoid such warning is to declare the variable as
   # volatile to prevent the optimization. However, this approach does not
   # work because we have to declare all variables as volatile in result.
-ifndef CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH
-  OTHER_CFLAGS += -Wno-clobbered
-endif
+  ifndef CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH
+    CC_43_OR_NEWER := \
+      $(shell $(EXPR) $(CC_MAJORVER) \> 4 \| \
+          \( $(CC_MAJORVER) = 4 \& $(CC_MINORVER) \>= 3 \) )
+    ifeq ($(CC_43_OR_NEWER),1)
+      OTHER_CFLAGS += -Wno-clobbered
+    endif
+  endif
 endif
 
 include $(BUILDDIR)/common/Mapfile-vers.gmk