diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index 9aeea223ba7..19e131d3743 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lgcc_s";
 
   makeFlags = "prefix=\${out} PERL_PATH=${perl}/bin/perl SHELL_PATH=${stdenv.shell} "
-      + (if pythonSupport then "PYTHON_PATH=${python}/bin/python" else "NO_PYTHON=1");
+      + (if pythonSupport then "PYTHON_PATH=${python}/bin/python" else "NO_PYTHON=1")
+      + (if stdenv.isSunOS then " INSTALL=install NO_INET_NTOP= NO_INET_PTON=" else "");
 
   # FIXME: "make check" requires Sparse; the Makefile must be tweaked
   # so that `SPARSE_FLAGS' corresponds to the current architecture...
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh
index ed7ad0a50b7..e7c3400e9f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -66,13 +66,23 @@ else
     echo "$gccCFlags" > $out/nix-support/gcc-cflags
     
     gccPath="$gcc/bin"
-    ldPath="$binutils/bin"
+    # On Illumos/Solaris we might prefer native ld
+    if test -n "$nativePrefix"; then
+      ldPath="$nativePrefix/bin"
+    else
+      ldPath="$binutils/bin"
+    fi;
 fi
 
 
 doSubstitute() {
     local src=$1
     local dst=$2
+    local ld="$ldPath/ld"
+    if $ld -V 2>&1 |grep Solaris; then
+      # Use Solaris specific linker wrapper
+      ld="$out/bin/ld-solaris"
+    fi
     # Can't use substitute() here, because replace may not have been
     # built yet (in the bootstrap).
     sed \
@@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ doSubstitute() {
         -e "s^@binutils@^$binutils^g" \
         -e "s^@coreutils@^$coreutils^g" \
         -e "s^@libc@^$libc^g" \
-        -e "s^@ld@^$ldPath/ld^g" \
+        -e "s^@ld@^$ld^g" \
         < "$src" > "$dst" 
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +184,13 @@ ln -s $ldPath/as $out/bin/as
 doSubstitute "$ldWrapper" "$out/bin/ld"
 chmod +x "$out/bin/ld"
 
+# Copy solaris ld wrapper if needed
+if $ldPath/ld -V 2>&1 |grep Solaris; then
+  # Use Solaris specific linker wrapper
+  sed -e "s^@ld@^$ldPath/ld^g" < "$ldSolarisWrapper" > "$out/bin/ld-solaris"
+  chmod +x "$out/bin/ld-solaris"
+fi
+
 
 # Emit a setup hook.  Also store the path to the original GCC and
 # Glibc.
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix
index 87617621e64..aa4f6a3944e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   gnatWrapper = ./gnat-wrapper.sh;
   gnatlinkWrapper = ./gnatlink-wrapper.sh;
   ldWrapper = ./ld-wrapper.sh;
+  ldSolarisWrapper = ./ld-solaris-wrapper.sh;
   utils = ./utils.sh;
   addFlags = ./add-flags;
   
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/ld-solaris-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/ld-solaris-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a7b92b5ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/ld-solaris-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+# I've also tried adding -z direct and -z lazyload, but it gave too many problems with C++ exceptions :'(
+# Also made sure libgcc would not be lazy-loaded, as suggested here: https://www.illumos.org/issues/2534#note-3
+#   but still no success.
+cmd="@ld@ -z ignore"
+
+args=("$@");
+
+# This loop makes sure all -L arguments are before -l arguments, or ld may complain it cannot find a library.
+# GNU binutils does not have this problem:
+#   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5817269/does-the-order-of-l-and-l-options-in-the-gnu-linker-matter
+i=0;
+while [[ $i -lt $# ]]; do
+    case "${args[$i]}" in
+        -L)  cmd="$cmd ${args[$i]} ${args[($i+1)]}"; i=($i+1); ;;
+        -L*) cmd="$cmd ${args[$i]}" ;;
+        *)   ;;
+    esac
+    i=($i+1);
+done
+
+i=0;
+while [[ $i -lt $# ]]; do
+    case "${args[$i]}" in
+        -L)  i=($i+1); ;;
+        -L*) ;;
+        *)   cmd="$cmd ${args[$i]}" ;;
+    esac
+    i=($i+1);
+done
+
+# Trace:
+set -x
+exec $cmd
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
index 37400fba5bf..dc6fdd93561 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ if test -n "$targetConfig"; then
     dontStrip=1
 fi
 
-
+providedPreConfigure="$preConfigure";
 preConfigure() {
     if test -n "$newlibSrc"; then
         tar xvf "$newlibSrc" -C ..
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ preConfigure() {
         configureFlags="$configureFlags --with-build-sysroot=`pwd`/.."
     fi
 
+    # Eval the preConfigure script from nix expression.
+    eval $providedPreConfigure;
+    env;
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
     cd ../build
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/default.nix
index 62a86751a71..d97f8aaf5c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/default.nix
@@ -277,21 +277,42 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ (optional stdenv.isDarwin gnused)
     ;
 
-  configureFlagsArray = stdenv.lib.optionals
-    (ppl != null && ppl ? dontDisableStatic && ppl.dontDisableStatic)
-        [ "--with-host-libstdcxx=-lstdc++ -lgcc_s" ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  stdenv.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    configureFlagsArray=(
+      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (ppl != null && ppl ? dontDisableStatic && ppl.dontDisableStatic)
+        "'--with-host-libstdcxx=-lstdc++ -lgcc_s'"}
+      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (ppl != null && stdenv.isSunOS)
+        "\"--with-host-libstdcxx=-Wl,-rpath,\$prefix/lib/amd64 -lstdc++\"
+         \"--with-boot-ldflags=-L../prev-x86_64-pc-solaris2.11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs\""}
+    );
+    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.isSunOS && stdenv.is64bit)
+      ''
+        export NIX_LDFLAGS=`echo $NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e s~$prefix/lib~$prefix/lib/amd64~g`
+        export LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
+        export CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
+        export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
+      ''}
+    '';
 
   # 'iant' at #go-nuts@freenode, gccgo maintainer, said that
   # they have a bug in 4.7.1 if adding "--disable-static"
-  dontDisableStatic = langGo;
+  dontDisableStatic = langGo || staticCompiler;
 
   configureFlags = "
+    ${if stdenv.isSunOS then
+      " --enable-long-long --enable-libssp --enable-threads=posix --disable-nls --enable-__cxa_atexit " +
+      # On Illumos/Solaris GNU as is preferred
+      " --with-gnu-as --without-gnu-ld "
+      else ""}
+    --enable-lto
     ${if enableMultilib then "" else "--disable-multilib"}
     ${if enableShared then "" else "--disable-shared"}
-    ${if enablePlugin then "--enable-plugin" else ""}
-    ${if ppl != null then "--with-ppl=${ppl}" else ""}
+    ${if enablePlugin then "--enable-plugin" else "--disable-plugin"}
+    ${if ppl != null then "--with-ppl=${ppl} --disable-ppl-version-check" else ""}
     ${if cloog != null then
-      "--with-cloog=${cloog} --enable-cloog-backend=isl"
+      "--with-cloog=${cloog} --disable-cloog-version-check --enable-cloog-backend=isl"
       else ""}
     ${if langJava then
       "--with-ecj-jar=${javaEcj} " +
@@ -406,7 +427,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   # Needed for the cross compilation to work
   AR = "ar";
   LD = "ld";
-  CC = "gcc";
+  # http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x86-64-x-solaris210
+  CC = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-solaris" then "gcc -m64"
+       else "gcc";
 
   # Setting $CPATH and $LIBRARY_PATH to make sure both `gcc' and `xgcc' find
   # the library headers and binaries, regarless of the language being
@@ -496,6 +519,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   installTargets = "install-gcc install-target-libgcc";
 }
 
+
 # Strip kills static libs of other archs (hence cross != null)
 // optionalAttrs (!stripped || cross != null) { dontStrip = true; NIX_STRIP_DEBUG = 0; }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix
index ac19900bcfc..70a030e0308 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = 
     [ # Do not look in /usr etc. for dependencies.
       ./no-sys-dirs.patch
-    ] 
+    ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS  ./ld-shared.patch
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./no-libutil.patch;
 
   # Build a thread-safe Perl with a dynamic libperls.o.  We need the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/ld-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/ld-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1834ff7a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/ld-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- perl-5.14.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2013-02-14 19:29:49.453988140 +0000
++++ perl-5.14.2/hints/solaris_2.sh	2013-02-14 19:30:31.681631019 +0000
+@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
+ #		    ccflags="$ccflags -Wa,`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+ #		fi
+ 		ldflags="$ldflags -m64"
+-		lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64"
++		lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64"
+ 		;;
+ 	    *)
+ 		getconfccflags="`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
index 288de63b4ae..153da2c9d05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [ # Do not look in /usr etc. for dependencies.
       ./no-sys-dirs.patch
     ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS  ./ld-shared.patch
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./no-libutil.patch;
 
   # Build a thread-safe Perl with a dynamic libperls.o.  We need the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/ld-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/ld-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be45230c8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/ld-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2013-02-14 19:29:49.453988140 +0000
++++ perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh	2013-02-14 19:30:31.681631019 +0000
+@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
+ #		    ccflags="$ccflags -Wa,`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+ #		fi
+ 		ldflags="$ldflags -m64"
+-		lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64"
++		lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64"
+ 		;;
+ 	    *)
+ 		getconfccflags="`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cloog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cloog/default.nix
index ab5737b20ed..c3878ef4b78 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cloog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cloog/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, gmp, isl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cloog-0.16.3";
+  name = "cloog-0.18.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.bastoul.net/cloog/pages/download/count.php3?url=./${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0lzbsszfzsr0jfwkccfbsvx913d2yc45dqwa472plmxkhbwykmc9";
+    sha256 = "1c4aa8dde7886be9cbe0f9069c334843b21028f61d344a2d685f88cb1dcf2228";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gmp ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
index 5716ac6648a..7510801cd79 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, expat, libX11, libICE, libSM, useX11 ? true }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.6.4";
+  version = "1.6.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1wacqyfkcpayg7f8rvx9awqg275n5pksxq5q7y21lxjx85x6pfjz";
+    sha256 = "fc1370ef38abeeb13f55c905ec002e60705fb0bfde3b8d21c8d6eb8056c11bac";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./ignore-missing-includedirs.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./ignore-missing-includedirs.patch ./implement-getgrouplist.patch ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-session-socket-dir=/tmp";
+  configureFlags = "--enable-embedded-tests --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-session-socket-dir=/tmp";
 
 in rec {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/implement-getgrouplist.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/implement-getgrouplist.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3a4a25cb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/implement-getgrouplist.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+Compatibility patch for Illumos/Solaris and possibly other platforms.
+Implements getgrouplist when not provided by OS.
+Without it, only the user's primary group is used in authentication!
+--- 	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ dbus-1.6.8/dbus/getgrouplist.c	2013-02-28 13:10:51.081792722 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
++/*	$OpenBSD: getgrouplist.c,v 1.12 2005/08/08 08:05:34 espie Exp $ */
++/*
++ * Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
++ *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
++ *
++ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
++ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
++ * are met:
++ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
++ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
++ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
++ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
++ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
++ * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
++ *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
++ *    without specific prior written permission.
++ *
++ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
++ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
++ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
++ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
++ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
++ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
++ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
++ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
++ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
++ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
++ * SUCH DAMAGE.
++ */
++
++/* OPENBSD ORIGINAL: lib/libc/gen/getgrouplist.c */
++
++/*
++ * get credential
++ */
++#include <sys/types.h>
++#include <string.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
++#include <grp.h>
++
++int
++getgrouplist(const char *uname, gid_t agroup, gid_t *groups, int *grpcnt)
++{
++	struct group *grp;
++	int i, ngroups;
++	int ret, maxgroups;
++	int bail;
++
++	ret = 0;
++	ngroups = 0;
++	maxgroups = *grpcnt;
++
++	/*
++	 * install primary group
++	 */
++	if (ngroups >= maxgroups) {
++		*grpcnt = ngroups;
++		return (-1);
++	}
++	groups[ngroups++] = agroup;
++
++	/*
++	 * Scan the group file to find additional groups.
++	 */
++	setgrent();
++	while ((grp = getgrent())) {
++		if (grp->gr_gid == agroup)
++			continue;
++		for (bail = 0, i = 0; bail == 0 && i < ngroups; i++)
++			if (groups[i] == grp->gr_gid)
++				bail = 1;
++		if (bail)
++			continue;
++		for (i = 0; grp->gr_mem[i]; i++) {
++			if (!strcmp(grp->gr_mem[i], uname)) {
++				if (ngroups >= maxgroups) {
++					ret = -1;
++					goto out;
++				}
++				groups[ngroups++] = grp->gr_gid;
++				break;
++			}
++		}
++	}
++out:
++	endgrent();
++	*grpcnt = ngroups;
++	return (ret);
++}
+--- dbus-1.6.8/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c.orig	2013-02-28 13:08:52.171215237 +0000
++++ dbus-1.6.8/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c	2013-02-28 13:13:52.224615146 +0000
+@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
+  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+  *
+  */
++#ifndef HAVE_GETGROUPLIST
++#include "getgrouplist.c"
++#define HAVE_GETGROUPLIST
++#endif
+ 
+ #include <config.h>
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
index 5468c9f2336..c9596d66ee2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libiconv }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libiconv, xz }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
-  name = "gettext-0.18.1.1";
+  name = "gettext-0.18.2";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gettext/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1sa3ch12qxa4h3ya6hkz119yclcccmincl9j20dhrdx5mykp3b4k";
+    sha256 = "516a6370b3b3f46e2fc5a5e222ff5ecd76f3089bc956a7587a6e4f89de17714c";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./no-gets.patch ];
+  LDFLAGS = if stdenv.isSunOS then "-lm -lmd -lmp -luutil -lnvpair -lnsl -lidmap -lavl -lsec" else "";
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-csharp" ]
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-csharp" "--with-xz" ]
      ++ (stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isCygwin
           [ # We have a static libiconv, so we can only build the static lib.
             "--disable-shared" "--enable-static"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     fi
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) libiconv;
+  buildInputs = [ xz ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) libiconv;
   
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
       
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/no-gets.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/no-gets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9daa48eae64..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/no-gets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-hack until gzip pulls a newer gnulib version
-
-From 66712c23388e93e5c518ebc8515140fa0c807348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:30:41 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] stdio: don't assume gets any more
-
-Gnulib intentionally does not have a gets module, and now that C11
-and glibc have dropped it, we should be more proactive about warning
-any user on a platform that still has a declaration of this dangerous
-interface.
-
---- a/gettext-tools/libgettextpo/stdio.in.h
-+++ b/gettext-tools/libgettextpo/stdio.in.h
-@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
--_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
---- a/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/stdio.in.h
-+++ b/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/stdio.in.h
-@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
--_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
---- a/gettext-runtime/gnulib-lib/stdio.in.h
-+++ b/gettext-runtime/gnulib-lib/stdio.in.h
-@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
--_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/2.34.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/2.34.x.nix
index 69ed44aecca..e11e3bcb317 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/2.34.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/2.34.x.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 #       $out/bin/gtester-report' to postInstall if this is solved
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
-  name = "glib-2.34.0";
+  name = "glib-2.34.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/glib/2.34/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "f69b112f8848be35139d9099b62bc81649241f78f6a775516f0d4c9b47f65144";
+    sha256 = "855fcbf87cb93065b488358e351774d8a39177281023bae58c286f41612658a7";
   };
 
   # configure script looks for d-bus but it is only needed for tests
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pcre zlib libffi ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--with-pcre=system --disable-fam";
+  configureFlags = "--with-pcre=system --disable-fam" +
+                   (stdenv.lib.optionalString (libiconvOrNull != null) " --with-libiconv=gnu") +
+                   (stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isSunOS " --disable-modular-tests");
+
+  CPPFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isSunOS "-DBSD_COMP";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.1.nix
index 57fc67acf95..d9c67274f25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.1.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gmp-5.1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    urls = [ "mirror://gnu/gmp/${name}.tar.bz2" 
-      "ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2" ];
-    sha256 = "1bdgf04k2i12pfivxgjq68iarz3ngix9hpzbmkgijrdk92gpgm50";
+    urls = [ "mirror://gnu/gmp/${name}.tar.xz" "ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/${name}/${name}.tar.xz" ];
+    sha256 = "1hili06lcf0clg5qfvz7knm6pmj6ab54yhsvskp1mdny5xw4vmjb";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ];
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # (x86), except on Solaris where some tests crash with "Memory fault".
     # See <http://hydra.nixos.org/build/2760931>, for instance.
     (stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isSunOS) "--enable-fat")
-    ++ (if cxx then [ "--enable-cxx" ] else [ "--disable-cxx" ]);
+    ++ (if cxx then [ "--enable-cxx" ] else [ "--disable-cxx" ])
+    ++ (if stdenv.is64bit then [ "--with-pic" ] else []);
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/isl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/isl/default.nix
index aaec37eae8f..9097df78de3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/isl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/isl/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gmp }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "isl-0.07"; # CLooG 0.16.3 fails to build with ISL 0.08.
+  name = "isl-0.11.1"; # CLooG 0.16.3 fails to build with ISL 0.08.
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
         "http://www.kotnet.org/~skimo/isl/${name}.tar.bz2"
         "ftp://ftp.linux.student.kuleuven.be/pub/people/skimo/isl/${name}.tar.bz2"
       ];
-    sha256 = "0kpxmvhrwwdygqqafqzjf9xiksq7paac2x24g9jhr3f9ajj3zkyx";
+    sha256 = "095f4b54c88ca13a80d2b025d9c551f89ea7ba6f6201d701960bfe5c1466a98d";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gmp ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix
index d3b7769754e..56acc841c60 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libxml2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libxslt-1.1.27";
+  name = "libxslt-1.1.28";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "09ky3vhlaahvsb0q9gp6h3as53pfj70gincirachjqzj46jdka5n";
+    sha256 = "5fc7151a57b89c03d7b825df5a0fae0a8d5f05674c0e7cf2937ecec4d54a028c";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isSunOS [ ./patch-ah.patch ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
     ln -s ${libxml2}/nix-support/setup-hook $out/nix-support/
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/patch-ah.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/patch-ah.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea75b01178e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/patch-ah.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-ah,v 1.3 2012/11/27 12:17:51 adam Exp $
+
+Fix syms file for stricter solaris ld
+
+--- libxslt-1.1.28/libxslt/libxslt.syms.orig	2012-11-27 12:04:43.000000000 +0000
++++ libxslt-1.1.28/libxslt/libxslt.syms
+@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ LIBXML2_1.0.11 {
+   xsltFreeCompMatchList;
+   xsltFreeTemplateHashes;
+   xsltGetTemplate;
+-  xsltMatchPattern;
++# xsltMatchPattern;
+   xsltTestCompMatchList;
+ 
+ # preproc
+@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ LIBXML2_1.1.18 {
+     global:
+ 
+ # xsltInternals
+-  xsltConstNamespaceNameXSLT; # variable
++# xsltConstNamespaceNameXSLT; # variable
+   xsltExtensionInstructionResultFinalize;
+   xsltExtensionInstructionResultRegister;
+   xsltInitCtxtKey;
+@@ -416,24 +416,24 @@ LIBXML2_1.1.18 {
+   xsltInit;
+ 
+ # xsltInternals
+-  xsltParseAnyXSLTElem;
+-  xsltParseSequenceConstructor;
+-  xsltPointerListAddSize;
+-  xsltPointerListClear;
+-  xsltPointerListCreate;
+-  xsltPointerListFree;
++# xsltParseAnyXSLTElem;
++# xsltParseSequenceConstructor;
++# xsltPointerListAddSize;
++# xsltPointerListClear;
++# xsltPointerListCreate;
++# xsltPointerListFree;
+   xsltRegisterLocalRVT;
+   xsltReleaseRVT;
+-  xsltRestoreDocumentNamespaces;
++# xsltRestoreDocumentNamespaces;
+ 
+ # extensions
+-  xsltStyleStylesheetLevelGetExtData;
++# xsltStyleStylesheetLevelGetExtData;
+ 
+ # xsltInternals
+ # xsltTransStorageAdd; removed in 1.1.28
+ # xsltTransStorageRemove; removed in 1.1.28
+   xsltUninit;
+-  xsltXSLTAttrMarker; # variable
++# xsltXSLTAttrMarker; # variable
+ } LIBXML2_1.1.9;
+ 
+ LIBXML2_1.1.20 {
+@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ LIBXML2_1.1.26 {
+ 
+ # transform
+   xsltProcessOneNode;
++
++# Solaris ld needs explicit auto-reduction (or, alternatively, "-B local")
++    local:
++  *;
+ } LIBXML2_1.1.25;
+ 
+ LIBXML2_1.1.27 {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix
index db5af11a670..6fbb6253ee5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, gmp}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mpfr-3.1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -35,16 +35,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
   };
+
+  configureFlags =
+    /* Work around a FreeBSD bug that otherwise leads to segfaults in
+        the test suite:
+          http://hydra.bordeaux.inria.fr/build/34862
+          http://websympa.loria.fr/wwsympa/arc/mpfr/2011-10/msg00015.html
+          http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=161344
+      */
+    stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.isSunOS or stdenv.isFreeBSD) "--disable-thread-safe" ++
+    stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.is64bit "--with-pic";
 }
-
-//
-
-(stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isFreeBSD {
-   /* Work around a FreeBSD bug that otherwise leads to segfaults in
-      the test suite:
-        http://hydra.bordeaux.inria.fr/build/34862
-        http://websympa.loria.fr/wwsympa/arc/mpfr/2011-10/msg00015.html
-        http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=161344
-    */
-   configureFlags = [ "--disable-thread-safe" ];
- }))
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
index 569d7fe2a32..378abb81295 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
      <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2006-September/035362.html>,
      but this is left as an exercise to the reader.
      So disable them for now.  */
-  cxx = stdenv.system != "i686-solaris";
+  cxx = !stdenv.isSunOS;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   name = "ncurses-5.9";
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     ${if unicode then "--enable-widec" else ""}${if cxx then "" else "--without-cxx-binding"}
   '';
 
+  patches = [ ./patch-ac ];
+
   selfNativeBuildInput = true;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/patch-ac b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/patch-ac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73578f8a367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/patch-ac
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-ac,v 1.18 2011/11/01 14:47:46 hans Exp $
+
+--- ncurses-5.9/configure.orig	2011-02-21 01:40:36.000000000 +0000
++++ ncurses-5.9/configure
+@@ -7096,6 +7096,13 @@ sco*) #(vi
+ 	# setting _XOPEN_SOURCE breaks Lynx on SCO Unix / OpenServer
+ 	;;
+ solaris2.1[0-9]) #(vi
++	case "$GCC_VERSION" in 
++		4.[67].*)
++			cf_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
++			cf_add_cflags=-std=c99
++			CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -std=c99"
++			;;
++	esac
+ 	cf_xopen_source="-D__EXTENSIONS__ -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=$cf_XOPEN_SOURCE"
+ 	;;
+ solaris2.[1-9]) #(vi
+@@ -9640,12 +9647,7 @@ case ".$MANPAGE_RENAMES" in #(vi
+ .no) #(vi
+   ;;
+ .|.yes)
+-  # Debian 'man' program?
+-  if test -f /etc/debian_version ; then
+-    MANPAGE_RENAMES=`cd $srcdir && pwd`/man/man_db.renames
+-  else
+     MANPAGE_RENAMES=no
+-  fi
+   ;;
+ esac
+ 
+@@ -18449,7 +18444,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$LIB_SUBSETS" >&6
+ 
+ ### Construct the list of include-directories to be generated
+ 
+-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I. -I../include"
++CPPFLAGS="-I. -I../include $CPPFLAGS"
+ if test "$srcdir" != "."; then
+ 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I\${srcdir}/../include"
+ fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
index 640b99df547..55beb8bbc53 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # On x86_64-darwin, "./config" misdetects the system as
   # "darwin-i386-cc".  So specify the system type explicitly.
   configureScript =
-    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then "./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc" else "./config";
+    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then "./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc"
+    else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-solaris" then "./Configure solaris64-x86_64-gcc"
+    else "./config";
 
   configureFlags = "shared --libdir=lib --openssldir=etc/ssl" +
     stdenv.lib.optionalString withCryptodev " -DHAVE_CRYPTODEV -DUSE_CRYPTODEV_DIGESTS";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
index e59c249348a..69ed4c85313 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, unicodeSupport ? true, cplusplusSupport ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pcre-8.31";
+  name = "pcre-8.32";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "5778a02535473c7ee7838ea598c19f451e63cf5eec0bf0307a688301c9078c3c";
+    sha256 = "a913fb9bd058ef380a2d91847c3c23fcf98e92dc3b47cd08a53c021c5cde0f55";
   };
 
   # The compiler on Darwin crashes with an internal error while building the
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # problem. In case we ever update the Darwin GCC version, the exception for
   # that platform ought to be removed.
   configureFlags = ''
+    --enable-jit
     ${if unicodeSupport then "--enable-unicode-properties" else ""}
     ${if !cplusplusSupport then "--disable-cpp" else ""}
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "CXXFLAGS=-O0";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
index ca37881ae95..39a24764eef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, gmpxx, perl, gnum4 }:
 
-let version = "0.12.1"; in
+let version = "1.0"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ppl-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://bugseng.com/products/ppl/download/ftp/releases/${version}/ppl-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "165iy8bmkgszs0v8lkb1mzwp53x4vkcc7m1xdpv8w77qf93ya8j0";
+    sha256 = "0m0b6dzablci8mlavpsmn5w1v3r46li0wpjwvsybgxx0p1ifjsf1";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl gnum4 ];
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-watchdog";
 
+  patches = [ ./upstream-based.patch ];
+
   # Beware!  It took ~6 hours to compile PPL and run its tests on a 1.2 GHz
   # x86_64 box.  Nevertheless, being a dependency of GCC, it probably ought
   # to be tested.
@@ -23,9 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/";
     description = "PPL: The Parma Polyhedra Library";
-    license = "GPLv3+";
 
     longDescription = ''
       The Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL) provides numerical abstractions
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       version of the simplex algorithm.
     '';
 
+    homepage = http://bugseng.com/products/ppl/;
+
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/upstream-based.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/upstream-based.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..551050f67bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/upstream-based.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447928
+--- ppl-1.0/src/p_std_bits.cc.org	2012-12-30 00:37:03.033948083 +0100
++++ ppl-1.0/src/mp_std_bits.cc	2012-12-30 00:44:12.893019313 +0100
+@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
+ #include "ppl-config.h"
+ #include "mp_std_bits.defs.hh"
+ 
++#if __GNU_MP_VERSION < 5 \
++  || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 5 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR < 1)
++
+ const bool std::numeric_limits<mpz_class>::is_specialized;
+ const int std::numeric_limits<mpz_class>::digits;
+ const int std::numeric_limits<mpz_class>::digits10;
+@@ -70,3 +73,6 @@
+ const bool std::numeric_limits<mpq_class>::traps;
+ const bool std::numeric_limits<mpq_class>::tininess_before;
+ const std::float_round_style std::numeric_limits<mpq_class>::round_style;
++
++#endif // __GNU_MP_VERSION < 5
++       // || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 5 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR < 1)
+--- ppl-1.0/src/mp_std_bits.defs.hh.org	2012-12-30 00:37:03.037948187 +0100
++++ ppl-1.0/src/mp_std_bits.defs.hh	2012-12-30 00:42:32.002424189 +0100
+@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
+ #endif // defined(PPL_DOXYGEN_INCLUDE_IMPLEMENTATION_DETAILS)
+ void swap(mpq_class& x, mpq_class& y);
+ 
++#if __GNU_MP_VERSION < 5 \
++  || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 5 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR < 1)
++
+ namespace std {
+ 
+ #ifdef PPL_DOXYGEN_INCLUDE_IMPLEMENTATION_DETAILS
+@@ -164,6 +167,9 @@
+ 
+ } // namespace std
+ 
++#endif // __GNU_MP_VERSION < 5
++       // || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 5 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR < 1)
++
+ #include "mp_std_bits.inlines.hh"
+ 
+ #endif // !defined(PPL_mp_std_bits_defs_hh)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
index b397a22443a..4e4539059a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "bison-2.6.5";
+  name = "bison-2.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "8640d5b51aad462db6863711f333a9159836853e0b1e79fdef708c6efb5cd52b";
+    sha256 = "1zd77ilmpv5mi3kr55jrj6ncqlcnyhpianhrwzak2q28cv2cbn23";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck perl;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
index ca90b46192e..a2723f5575c 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ rec {
     if stdenvType == "powerpc-linux" then /* stdenvLinux */ stdenvNative else
     if stdenvType == "i686-mingw" then stdenvMinGW else
     if stdenvType == "x86_64-darwin" then stdenvNix else
+    if stdenvType == "x86_64-solaris" then stdenvNix else
     stdenvNative;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index fd7b3218e34..eb5b6c014b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@ let
         isx86_64 = result.system == "x86_64-linux"
                || result.system == "x86_64-darwin"
                || result.system == "x86_64-freebsd"
-               || result.system == "x86_64-openbsd";
+               || result.system == "x86_64-openbsd"
+               || result.system == "x86_64-solaris";
         is64bit = result.system == "x86_64-linux"
                 || result.system == "x86_64-darwin"
                 || result.system == "x86_64-freebsd"
-                || result.system == "x86_64-openbsd";
+                || result.system == "x86_64-openbsd"
+                || result.system == "x86_64-solaris";
         isMips = result.system == "mips-linux"
                 || result.system == "mips64el-linux";
         isArm = result.system == "armv5tel-linux"
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
index 524b2a53337..715bc02758b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ rec {
   path =
     (if system == "i686-solaris" then [ "/usr/gnu" ] else []) ++
     (if system == "i686-netbsd" then [ "/usr/pkg" ] else []) ++
+    (if system == "x86_64-solaris" then [ "/opt/local/gnu" ] else []) ++
     ["/" "/usr" "/usr/local"];
 
   prehookBase = ''
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ rec {
     name = "gcc-native";
     nativeTools = true;
     nativeLibc = true;
-    nativePrefix = if system == "i686-solaris" then "/usr/gnu" else "/usr";
+    nativePrefix = if system == "i686-solaris" then "/usr/gnu" else if system == "x86_64-solaris" then "/opt/local/gcc47" else "/usr";
     stdenv = stdenvBoot0;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
index d0f7d60f101..b16c51f7580 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import ../generic rec {
 
   gcc = import ../../build-support/gcc-wrapper {
     nativeTools = false;
+    nativePrefix = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isSunOS "/usr";
     nativeLibc = true;
     inherit stdenv;
     binutils =
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
index 1700f03d7bd..919484fa915 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "cpio-2.9";
+  name = "cpio-2.11";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/cpio/cpio-2.9.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "01s7f9hg8kgpis96j99hgkiqgdy53pm7qi7bhm3fzx58jfk5z6mv";
+    url = mirror://gnu/cpio/cpio-2.11.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "bb820bfd96e74fc6ce43104f06fe733178517e7f5d1cdee553773e8eff7d5bbd";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Make it compile on GCC 4.3.
-    (fetchurl {
-      name = "cpio-2.9-gnu-inline.patch";
-      url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/app-arch/cpio/files/cpio-2.9-gnu-inline.patch?rev=1.1";
-      sha256 = "1167hrq64h9lh3qhgasm2rivfzkkgx6fik92b017qfa0q61ff8c3";
-    })
-  ];
-
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/;
     description = "A program to create or extract from cpio archives";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
index 51d5d35fe80..828d0677bb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # May have some issues with root compilation because the bootstrap tool
   # cannot be used as a login shell for now.
-  FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv7l-linux") "1";
+  FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv7l-linux" || stdenv.isSunOS) "1";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
index d15b26f48b6..c1e86b5d2f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0wx1nqk709kx75cwp2axachnbxryp4gyl06qxn5nl95184w0mhls";
   };
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  patches = [ ./skip-some-tests.patch ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/;
     description = "Gzip, the GNU zip compression program";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/skip-some-tests.patch b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/skip-some-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebcda684ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/skip-some-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Skip tests requiring Perl and less (more).
+Also zgrep-signal skipping fails with weird Bad file number error on illumos.
+--- gzip-1.5/tests/Makefile.in.orig	2013-02-23 15:15:08.017048868 +0000
++++ gzip-1.5/tests/Makefile.in	2013-02-23 15:15:32.756197039 +0000
+@@ -1421,7 +1421,6 @@
+   trailing-nul				\
+   zdiff					\
+   zgrep-f				\
+-  zgrep-signal				\
+   znew-k
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = \
+@@ -1441,8 +1440,6 @@
+   zfgrep	\
+   zforce	\
+   zgrep		\
+-  zless		\
+-  zmore		\
+   znew
+ 
+ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 065d237a073..1ed3fc928f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 assert aclSupport -> acl != null;
 assert selinuxSupport -> libselinux != null && libsepol != null;
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   name = "coreutils-8.21";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libselinux
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libsepol;
 
-  crossAttrs = {
+  crossAttrs = ({
     buildInputs = [ gmp ]
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl.crossDrv
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libselinux.crossDrv
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # I don't know why it is not properly detected cross building with glibc.
     configureFlags = [ "fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs2_bsize=yes" ];
     doCheck = false;
-  };
+  }
+
+  //
+
+  # XXX: Temporary workaround to allow GNU/Hurd builds with newer libcs.
+  (stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cross.config == "i586-pc-gnu") {
+    patches = [ ./gets-undeclared.patch ];
+  }));
 
   # The tests are known broken on Cygwin
   # (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19025),
@@ -42,7 +49,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString selinuxSupport "-lsepol";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString selinuxSupport "-lsepol" +
+                stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isSunOS "-lmp -lmd -lnsl -lsocket -lresolv -luutil -lnvpair -lidmap -lavl -lsec";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/;
@@ -60,3 +68,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
   };
 }
+  # May have some issues with root compilation because the bootstrap tool
+  # cannot be used as a login shell for now.
+// stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.system == "armv7l-linux" || stdenv.isSunOS) {
+  FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE = 1;
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
index b22e7521764..d038abbfc81 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
  
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "less-436";
+  name = "less-451";
  
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-436.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1lilcx6qrfr2dqahv7r10j9h2v86w5sb7m8wrx2sza9ifkq6z8ap";
+    url = http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-451.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "9fe8287c647afeafb4149c5dedaeacfd20971ed7c26c7553794bb750536b5f57";
   };
  
   buildInputs = [ncurses];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
index 9c17b9b78f7..42e55b35fc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus_glib, libxml2, libxslt, getopt, nixUnstable, gettext, libiconv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "disnix-0.3pre32254";
+  name = "disnix-0.3pre34664";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://hydra.nixos.org/build/2368541/download/4/disnix-0.3pre32254.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1jznx4mb6vwpzzpbk4c16j73hjgng7v1nraq8yya7f7m1s2gyhcw";
+    url = http://hydra.nixos.org/build/4072223/download/4/disnix-0.3pre34664.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "4e20a73c17061428ea66abd6004aaaa71b273ac88fca8e569a2262ae1f246c52";
   };
   
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig dbus_glib libxml2 libxslt getopt nixUnstable ]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
index 98a737339d2..fde9123adf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ pcre ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (libiconv != null) libiconv;
 
+  patches = [ ./test-localeconv.patch ];
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString (libiconv != null) "-L${libiconv}/lib -liconv";
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/test-localeconv.patch b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/test-localeconv.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5efaf22221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/test-localeconv.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- grep-2.14/gnulib-tests/test-localeconv.c.orig	2013-02-15 18:41:50.213433059 +0000
++++ grep-2.14/gnulib-tests/test-localeconv.c	2013-02-15 18:50:33.964751303 +0000
+@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
+ 
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->decimal_point, "."));
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->thousands_sep, ""));
+-#if !defined __FreeBSD__
++#if !(defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __sun)
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->grouping, ""));
+ #endif
+ 
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->mon_decimal_point, ""));
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->mon_thousands_sep, ""));
+-#if !defined __FreeBSD__
++#if !(defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __sun)
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->mon_grouping, ""));
+ #endif
+     ASSERT (STREQ (l->positive_sign, ""));
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/bashishms.patch b/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/bashishms.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a2cfbd8e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/bashishms.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2012-11/msg00001.html
+Tested on Illumos, where ksh is /bin/sh.
+
+--- patch-2.7.1/tests/test-lib.sh
++++ patch-2.7.1/tests/test-lib.sh
+@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ if test -z "`echo -n`"; then
+-    if eval 'test -n "${BASH_LINENO[0]}" 2>/dev/null'; then
++    if (eval 'test -n "${BASH_LINENO[0]}"') 2>/dev/null; then
+ 	eval '
+ 	    _start_test() {
+ 		echo -n "[${BASH_LINENO[2]}] $* -- "
+
+--- patch-2.7.1/tests/crlf-handling
++++ patch-2.7.1/tests/crlf-handling
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+ use_tmpdir
+ 
+ lf2crlf() {
+-    while read l; do echo -e "$l\r"; done
++    while read l; do printf "%s\r\n" "$l"; done
+ }
+ 
+ echo 1 > a
+
+--- patch-2.7.1/tests/merge
++++ patch-2.7.1/tests/merge
+@@ -32,18 +32,20 @@
+     shift
+     done > a.sed
+     echo "$body" | sed -f a.sed > b
+-    shift
+-    while test $# -gt 0 ; do
+-	echo "$1"
++    if test $# -gt 0 ; then
+ 	shift
+-    done > b.sed
++    while test $# -gt 0 ; do
++	echo "$1"
++	shift
++    done
++    fi > b.sed
+     echo "$body" | sed -f b.sed > c
+     rm -f a.sed b.sed
+     output=`diff -u a b | patch $ARGS -f c`
+     status=$?
+     echo "$output" | sed -e '/^$/d' -e '/^patching file c$/d'
+     cat c
+-    test $status == 0 || echo "Status: $status"
++    test $status = 0 || echo "Status: $status"
+ }
+ 
+ x() {
+
+--- patch-2.7.1/tests/read-only-files
++++ patch-2.7.1/tests/read-only-files
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
+
+ : > read-only
+ chmod a-w read-only
+-if : 2> /dev/null > read-only; then
++if (: > read-only) 2> /dev/null; then
+     echo "Files with read-only permissions are writable" \
+         "(probably running as superuser)" >&2
+     exit 77
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix
index c8c336ad202..83430a87105 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     configureFlags = [ "ac_cv_func_strnlen_working=yes" ];
   };
 
-  # Tests fail on FreeBSD due to a Bashism in the tests.
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isFreeBSD;
+  patches = [ ./bashishms.patch ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "GNU Patch, a program to apply differences to files";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
index 66fcb3d1929..d16ce1e0a29 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnused-4.2.1";
+  name = "gnused-4.2.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/sed/sed-4.2.1.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0q1hzjvr6pzhaagidg7pj76k1fzz5nl15np7p72w9zcpw0f58ww7";
+    url = mirror://gnu/sed/sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "f048d1838da284c8bc9753e4506b85a1e0cc1ea8999d36f6995bcb9460cddbd7";
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6c43e97126c..b679c6c4d52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3794,7 +3794,7 @@ let
   # The GHC bootstrap binaries link against libgmp.so.3, which is in GMP 4.x.
   gmp4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmp/4.3.2.nix { };
 
-  gmp5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmp/5.0.5.nix { };
+  gmp5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmp/5.1.1.nix { };
 
   gmp51 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmp/5.1.1.nix { };