--- freem/src/symtab_bltin.c	2025/03/26 15:17:12	1.7
+++ freem/src/symtab_bltin.c	2025/04/04 12:46:13	1.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *   $Id: symtab_bltin.c,v 1.7 2025/03/26 15:17:12 snw Exp $
+ *   $Id: symtab_bltin.c,v 1.8 2025/04/04 12:46:13 snw Exp $
  *      FreeM local system table and user-defined special variable table 
  *
  *  
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
  *   along with FreeM.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  *   $Log: symtab_bltin.c,v $
+ *   Revision 1.8  2025/04/04 12:46:13  snw
+ *   Patch Solaris 8 crash and bump version to 0.63.1-rc1
+ *
  *   Revision 1.7  2025/03/26 15:17:12  snw
  *   Fall back to global-backed SSVNs when memory-backed globals fail in attempt to fix Tru64
  *
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ void symtab_init (void)
         shm_config->hdr->PSIZE = DEFPSIZE;
         shm_config->hdr->argptr = mbpartition;
         
+     
         fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  initializing memory-backed globals\r\n");        
 
         semid_symtab = semget (symtab_sk, 1, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);
@@ -129,6 +133,13 @@ void symtab_init (void)
             fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  symbol table semaphore created with semid %d\r\n", semid_symtab);
         }
 
+#if defined(__sun__)
+        fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  falling back to global-backed structured system variables\r\n");
+        shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals = FALSE;
+        return;
+#endif
+
+
         arg.val = 1;
         if (semctl (semid_symtab, 0, SETVAL, arg) == -1) {
             fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  failed to initialize symbol table semaphore\r\n");
@@ -167,6 +178,7 @@ void symtab_init (void)
         
         mbpartition = shm_config->hdr->partition;
 
+        symtab_release_sem ();
     }
    
 }