Compiling glibc 2.3.2 from src.rpm

[Runar Jørgensen]

Greetings

I'm trying to compile from source glibc-2.3.2-101.4.src.rpm
on a 2.4.18 kernel. I'm stuck and can't get past
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make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/glibc-2.3.2-200310271512/sunrpc'
FATAL: kernel too old
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/glibc-2.3.2-200310271512/build-i686-linuxnptl/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.stmp] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/glibc-2.3.2-200310271512/sunrpc'
make[1]: *** [sunrpc/others] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/glibc-2.3.2-200310271512'
make: *** [all] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.43802 (%install)

RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.43802 (%install)

From ealier postings of e.g. Steven E. Protter I've come to realise that this upgrade probably isn't a good idea. However, I just have to.

Is my kernel really too old or is there a tweak?

[Ragu_3]

My suggestion on a tweak, for Debian GNU/Linux that is. Install the latest v2.6.7 kernel-header package. Let the source for the old kernel remain. Start compiling your glibc now.Redhat may also have a kernel-headers package.

[Runar Jørgensen]

Greetings

Thanks Ragu for your suggestion.
These are mye glibc packages. I think I already have the most current libs.

# rpm -qa|grep glibc
glibc-headers-2.3.2-101.4
glibc-common-2.3.2-101.4
glibc-debuginfo-2.3.2-101.4
glibc-devel-2.3.2-101.4
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.3.2-101.4
glibc-2.3.2-101.4
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.36
glibc-utils-2.3.2-101.4

I did
# LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.18
# export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL

to see if that helped any. It didn't. Same failure at same place.

Regards,
Runar Joergensen