I was able to compile 1.4.6 just fine for all of these platforms, but
I had trouble with 1.6.4.  I am using gcc 4.1.2 to compile.
I am more than happy to test any patches.  I was able to compile 1.6.4
just fine for FC3, RHEL3, RHEL4, and RHEL5.

sol 8, sparc

cairo (version 1.6.4) will be compiled with the following surface backends:
  image:         yes (always builtin)
  Xlib:          yes
  Xlib Xrender:  yes
  Quartz:        no (CoreGraphics framework not found)
  Quartz-image:  no (disabled, use --enable-quartz-image to enable)
  XCB:           no (disabled, use --enable-xcb to enable)
  Win32:         no (requires a Win32 platform)
  OS2:           no (disabled, use --enable-os2 to enable)
  PostScript:    yes
  PDF:           yes
  SVG:           yes
  glitz:         no (disabled, use --enable-glitz to enable)
  BeOS:          no (disabled, use --enable-beos to enable)
  DirectFB:      no (disabled, use --enable-directfb to enable)

the following font backends:
  FreeType:      yes
  Win32:         no (requires a Win32 platform)
  Quartz:        no (CoreGraphics framework not found)

the following features:
  PNG functions: yes

and the following debug options:
  gcov support:  no
  test surfaces: no
  ps testing:    yes
  pdf testing:   no (requires poppler-glib >= 0.8.0)
  svg testing:   no (requires librsvg-2.0 >= 2.15.0)

using CFLAGS:
-I/cpd/misc/include/freetype2 -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include/libpng12 -DXTHREADS -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include/pixman-1 -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wswitch-enum -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-attributes -Wno-long-long -Winline -fno-strict-aliasing

 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I. -I/cpd/misc/include/freetype2 -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include/libpng12 -DXTHREADS -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include/pixman-1 -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wswitch-enum -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-attributes -Wno-long-long -Winline -fno-strict-aliasing -O3 -MT libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.Tpo -c cairo-ps-surface.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.o
cairo-ps-surface.c: In function '_cairo_ps_surface_emit_header':
cairo-ps-surface.c:110: error: implicit declaration of function 'ctime_r'
cairo-ps-surface.c:110: warning: nested extern declaration of 'ctime_r'
cairo-ps-surface.c:115: warning: format '%s' expects type 'char *', but argument 5 has type 'int'
gmake[2]: *** [libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.lo] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/cpd/src/gnu/cairo/cairo-1.6.4/src'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/cpd/src/gnu/cairo/cairo-1.6.4'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2

sol 10, sparc
cairo (version 1.6.4) will be compiled with the following surface backends:
  image:         yes (always builtin)
  Xlib:          yes
  Xlib Xrender:  yes
  Quartz:        no (CoreGraphics framework not found)
  Quartz-image:  no (disabled, use --enable-quartz-image to enable)
  XCB:           no (disabled, use --enable-xcb to enable)
  Win32:         no (requires a Win32 platform)
  OS2:           no (disabled, use --enable-os2 to enable)
  PostScript:    yes
  PDF:           yes
  SVG:           yes
  glitz:         no (disabled, use --enable-glitz to enable)
  BeOS:          no (disabled, use --enable-beos to enable)
  DirectFB:      no (disabled, use --enable-directfb to enable)

the following font backends:
  FreeType:      yes
  Win32:         no (requires a Win32 platform)
  Quartz:        no (CoreGraphics framework not found)

the following features:
  PNG functions: yes

and the following debug options:
  gcov support:  no
  test surfaces: no
  ps testing:    yes
  pdf testing:   no (requires poppler-glib >= 0.8.0)
  svg testing:   no (requires librsvg-2.0 >= 2.15.0)

using CFLAGS:
-I/cpd/misc/include/freetype2 -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include/libpng12 -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include/pixman-1 -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wswitch-enum -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-attributes -Wno-long-long -Winline -fno-strict-aliasing

 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I. -I/cpd/misc/include/freetype2 -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/misc/include/libpng12 -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include/pixman-1 -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wswitch-enum -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-attributes -Wno-long-long -Winline -fno-strict-aliasing -O3 -MT libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.Tpo -c cairo-ps-surface.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.o
cairo-ps-surface.c: In function '_cairo_ps_surface_emit_header':
cairo-ps-surface.c:110: error: too few arguments to function 'ctime_r'
gmake[2]: *** [libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.lo] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/cpd/src/gnu/cairo/cairo-1.6.4/src'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/cpd/src/gnu/cairo/cairo-1.6.4'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2



sol 10, x86
 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I. -I/cpd/misc/include/freetype2 -I/cpd/misc/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include -I/cpd/misc/include/libpng12 -I/usr/openwin/include -I/cpd/X11R6/include/pixman-1 -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wswitch-enum -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-long-long -Winline -fno-strict-aliasing -O3 -MT libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.Tpo -c cairo-ps-surface.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.o
cairo-ps-surface.c: In function `_cairo_ps_surface_emit_header':
cairo-ps-surface.c:110: error: too few arguments to function `ctime_r'
cairo-ps-surface.c: At top level:
cairo-ps-surface.c:3189: warning: missing initializer
cairo-ps-surface.c:3189: warning: (near initialization for `cairo_ps_surface_backend.is_similar')
gmake[2]: *** [libcairo_la-cairo-ps-surface.lo] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/cpd/src/gnu/cairo/cairo-1.6.4/src'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/cpd/src/gnu/cairo/cairo-1.6.4'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2