--- stdcxx-4.2.1/src/exception.cpp 2008-04-24 20:25:19.000000000 -0400

+++ stdcxx-4.2.1/src/exception.cpp 2009-07-29 16:40:30.000000000 -0400

@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@

static int __catset = 1; // catalog set

static _Msgs::catalog __cat = -1; // catalog id

+#if defined(_RWSTD_STRICT_SPARCV8_MUTEX_ALIGNMENT)

+# pragma pack(8)

+# pragma align 8(__rw_aligned_buffer)

+#endif

+

// facet must never be destroyed

static __rw_aligned_buffer<_Msgs> msgs;

@@ -625,6 +630,10 @@

// retrieve error message from catalog and use it to format args

_STD::string fmat = msgs._C_data ()->get (__cat, __catset, id, "");

+#if defined(_RWSTD_STRICT_SPARCV8_MUTEX_ALIGNMENT)

+# pragma pack(0)

+#endif

+

if (fmat.empty ())

return 0; // failure to retrieve message