>> I'm wondering if the GCC upgrade (to v4) is enough to justify the
>> upgrade. Anyone seen it boosting sparc64 binaries ?
>
> It will break ~50% of the pkgsrc apps that you try ;-)
> (Where break == uncover previously unnoticed bugs in the app)

I wouldn't be that pesimistic. :)

On the other hand, gcc4 speeds things up to 10%... at least for me. :)

Cheers,
Adam