diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b870f5a..7dbad83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ INCLUDE(CheckFunctionExists)
 INCLUDE(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(sync_file_range HAVE_SYNC_FILE_RANGE)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(fdatasync HAVE_FDATASYNC)
+CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(tdestroy HAVE_TDESTROY)
 CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 }
 " HAVE_O_DIRECT) 
 
+CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#include <alloca.h>
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { alloca(1); }" HAVE_ALLOCA_H)
+
 CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -86,6 +90,16 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 }
 " HAVE_GCC_ATOMICS)
 
+CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  pthread_attr_t a;
+  pthread_attr_setstacksize(&a, PTHREAD_STACK_MIN);
+  return 0;
+}
+" HAVE_PTHREAD_STACK_MIN)
+
 MACRO(CREATE_CHECK NAME)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(${NAME} ${NAME}.c)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${NAME} ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
@@ -112,9 +126,15 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build
 # set linker path for this and all subdirs
 LINK_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/stasis)
 
-SET(COMMON_LIBRARIES stasis m pthread)
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99 -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -Wall -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-long-long -pedantic -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+IF ( "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" )
+  SET(COMMON_LIBRARIES stasis m pthread)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99 -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -Wall -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-long-long -pedantic -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+ELSEIF ( "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "SunPro" )
+  SET(COMMON_LIBRARIES stasis m pthread Crun Cstd)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -xc99=all -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+ENDIF ()
 
 INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/stasis
         DESTINATION include/
diff --git a/benchmarks/linearHashNTAMultiReader.c b/benchmarks/linearHashNTAMultiReader.c
index 8e9a38f..a400fa7 100644
--- a/benchmarks/linearHashNTAMultiReader.c
+++ b/benchmarks/linearHashNTAMultiReader.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <config.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/benchmarks/linearHashNTAThreaded.c b/benchmarks/linearHashNTAThreaded.c
index f8d535c..f82a3c4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/linearHashNTAThreaded.c
+++ b/benchmarks/linearHashNTAThreaded.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <config.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/benchmarks/linearHashNTAWriteRequests.c b/benchmarks/linearHashNTAWriteRequests.c
index 23f9ea1..e223991 100644
--- a/benchmarks/linearHashNTAWriteRequests.c
+++ b/benchmarks/linearHashNTAWriteRequests.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <config.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index f575808..6764069 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -3,4 +3,10 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYNC_FILE_RANGE
 #cmakedefine HAVE_O_DIRECT
 #cmakedefine HAVE_GCC_ATOMICS
+#cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_STACK_MIN
+#cmakedefine HAVE_ALLOCA_H
+#cmakedefine HAVE_TDESTROY
 
+#ifndef HAVE_PTHREAD_STACK_MIN
+#define PTHREAD_STACK_MIN 32768 // wild guess.
+#endif
diff --git a/src/stasis/CMakeLists.txt b/src/stasis/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ba93c7..b477ebd 100644
--- a/src/stasis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/stasis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(stasis crc32.c redblack.c tsearchcompat.c lhtable.c concurrentHash.c
                    consumer.c arrayCollection.c ringbuffer.c fifo.c
                    multiplexer.c graph.c logger/logEntry.c
                    logger/safeWrites.c logger/logWriterUtils.c
-                   logger/filePool.c
+#                   logger/filePool.c
                    logger/inMemoryLog.c
                    logger/logHandle.c logger/logger2.c
                    logger/logMemory.c
diff --git a/src/stasis/blobManager.c b/src/stasis/blobManager.c
index 84a6b22..8cedf20 100644
--- a/src/stasis/blobManager.c
+++ b/src/stasis/blobManager.c
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#include <config.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
+#include <alloca.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stasis/transactional.h>
 #include <stasis/bufferManager.h>
diff --git a/src/stasis/bufferManager/legacy/legacyBufferManager.c b/src/stasis/bufferManager/legacy/legacyBufferManager.c
index 9a6a59c..d6e22cf 100644
--- a/src/stasis/bufferManager/legacy/legacyBufferManager.c
+++ b/src/stasis/bufferManager/legacy/legacyBufferManager.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int pageWrite_legacyWrapper(stasis_buffer_manager_t *ignored, pageid_t pa
   releasePage(p);
   return 0;
 }
-static void forcePageFile_legacyWrapper() {
+static void forcePageFile_legacyWrapper(stasis_buffer_manager_t *ignored) {
   page_handle->force_file(page_handle);
 }
 static void forceRangePageFile_legacyWrapper(stasis_buffer_manager_t *ignored, lsn_t start, lsn_t stop) {
diff --git a/src/stasis/concurrentHash.c b/src/stasis/concurrentHash.c
index fc2754b..329212c 100644
--- a/src/stasis/concurrentHash.c
+++ b/src/stasis/concurrentHash.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  Created on: Oct 15, 2009
  *      Author: sears
  */
-#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
 #include <config.h>
 #include <stasis/concurrentHash.h>
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/src/stasis/graph.c b/src/stasis/graph.c
index a3f102a..78e5dee 100644
--- a/src/stasis/graph.c
+++ b/src/stasis/graph.c
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#include <config.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
+#include <alloca.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include <stasis/bufferManager.h>
 #include <stasis/graph.h>
 #include <stasis/page.h>
diff --git a/src/stasis/logger/logWriterUtils.c b/src/stasis/logger/logWriterUtils.c
index 4ed533f..2e27936 100644
--- a/src/stasis/logger/logWriterUtils.c
+++ b/src/stasis/logger/logWriterUtils.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200112L /* for flockfile() */
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stasis/logger/logWriterUtils.h>
 /** @file
 
diff --git a/src/stasis/operations/linearHashNTA.c b/src/stasis/operations/linearHashNTA.c
index 5e9e8f9..c99b6b7 100644
--- a/src/stasis/operations/linearHashNTA.c
+++ b/src/stasis/operations/linearHashNTA.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <config.h>
 #define __USE_GNU
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stasis/latches.h>
diff --git a/src/stasis/page/slotted.c b/src/stasis/page/slotted.c
index 72e32ec..16f0a69 100644
--- a/src/stasis/page/slotted.c
+++ b/src/stasis/page/slotted.c
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#include <config.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
+#include <alloca.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include <stasis/page.h>
 #include <stasis/page/slotted.h>
 //#include <assert.h>
diff --git a/src/stasis/stlredblack.cpp b/src/stasis/stlredblack.cpp
index fd9f0d2..6c95479 100644
--- a/src/stasis/stlredblack.cpp
+++ b/src/stasis/stlredblack.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,18 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #undef end
 
+extern "C" {
+  typedef int (*c_cmp_t)(const void*, const void*, const void*);
+}
 
 class MyCompare {
-  int (*cmp_)(const void*, const void*, const void*);
+  c_cmp_t cmp_;
   const void *arg_;
   public:
   bool operator() (const void* const &arg1, const void* const &arg2) const {
     return cmp_(arg1,arg2,arg_) < 0;
   };
-  MyCompare(int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *, const void*)) : cmp_(cmp), arg_(NULL) {}
+  MyCompare(c_cmp_t cmp, int dummy) : cmp_(cmp), arg_(NULL) {}
 };
 
 typedef std::set<const void*,MyCompare> rb;
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ typedef std::set<const void*,MyCompare> rb;
 extern "C" {
 
 rbtree * stl_rbinit(int(*cmp)(const void*,const void*,const void*), int ignored) {
-  return reinterpret_cast<rbtree*>(new rb(MyCompare(cmp)));
+  return reinterpret_cast<rbtree*>(new rb(MyCompare(cmp, 0)));
 }
 const void * stl_rbdelete(const void * key, rbtree * tp) {
   rb::iterator it = reinterpret_cast<rb*>(tp)->find(key);
diff --git a/src/stasis/tsearchcompat.c b/src/stasis/tsearchcompat.c
index 41531c2..3675557 100644
--- a/src/stasis/tsearchcompat.c
+++ b/src/stasis/tsearchcompat.c
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ static void noop_free(void* node) {}
 void compat_rbdestroy(rbtree * tp) {
   compat_rbtree* t = (compat_rbtree*)tp;
   if(t->root) {
+#ifdef HAVE_TDESTROY
     tdestroy(&(t->root), noop_free);
+#else
+    abort(); // TODO
+#endif 
   }
 }
 static pthread_mutex_t mut = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
diff --git a/stasis/common.h b/stasis/common.h
index 53e5ed1..66ff62c 100644
--- a/stasis/common.h
+++ b/stasis/common.h
@@ -134,22 +134,18 @@ typedef int16_t pagetype_t;
  * represents how to look up a record on a page
  * @todo int64_t (for recordid.size) is a stopgap fix.
  */
-#pragma pack(push,1)
 typedef struct {
   pageid_t page;
   slotid_t slot;
   int64_t size;
 } recordid;
-#pragma pack(pop)
 
 // TODO move blob_record_t into an operation header.
-#pragma pack(push,1)
 typedef struct {
   size_t offset;
   size_t size;
   // unsigned fd : 1;
 } blob_record_t;
-#pragma pack(pop)
 
 /*
    Define Page as an incomplete type to hide its implementation from clients.
diff --git a/test/stasis/check_bTree.c b/test/stasis/check_bTree.c
index 9f2f45b..a543e0c 100644
--- a/test/stasis/check_bTree.c
+++ b/test/stasis/check_bTree.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ START_TEST(bTreeTest) {
   TbtreeInsert(xid, rid, NULL, &key, sizeof(key), (byte*)&val, sizeof(val));
 
   uint64_t* theval = 0;
-  size_t thevalsize = -1;
+  size_t thevalsize = ((size_t)0)-1;
   int found =TbtreeLookup(xid, rid, NULL, &key, sizeof(key), (byte**)&theval, &thevalsize);
   assert(found);
   assert(thevalsize == sizeof(val));
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ START_TEST(bTreeTest) {
       i = 200 - j;
     }
     void * scratch;
-    size_t scratchsize=-1;
+    size_t scratchsize=((size_t)0)-1;
     assert(!TbtreeLookup(xid, rid, NULL, (byte*)&i, sizeof(i), (byte**)&scratch, &scratchsize));
     TbtreeInsert(xid, rid, NULL, (byte*)&i, sizeof(i), (byte*)&i, sizeof(i));
     assert(TbtreeLookup(xid, rid, NULL, (byte*)&i, sizeof(i), (byte**)&scratch, &scratchsize));
diff --git a/test/stasis/check_compensations.c b/test/stasis/check_compensations.c
index 7b79c47..cb650a0 100644
--- a/test/stasis/check_compensations.c
+++ b/test/stasis/check_compensations.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ void nested(int * i) {
     (*i)++;
     compensation_set_error(1);
     break;
-    assert(0);
   } end_action;
   assert(0);
 }
diff --git a/test/stasis/check_operations.c b/test/stasis/check_operations.c
index ebacaf2..078cec0 100644
--- a/test/stasis/check_operations.c
+++ b/test/stasis/check_operations.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ START_TEST(operation_physical_do_undo) {
   Tcommit(xid);
   Tdeinit();
   return;
-
+#if 0
   setToTwo->LSN = 10;
 
   p = loadPage(xid, rid.page);
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ START_TEST(operation_physical_do_undo) {
   unlock(p->rwlatch);
   releasePage(p);
   Tdeinit();
+#endif // 0
 }
 END_TEST