--- glibc-2.7/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h.orig	2007-09-15 23:54:08.000000000 +0100

+++ glibc-2.7/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h	2008-08-20 09:26:26.000000000 +0100

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@

   int parts;

   char *cp;

   struct utsname uts;

+  int dotsfound = 0;

+  int versionindex = 0;

+  char *choppoint;

+

   /* Try the uname system call.  */

   if (__uname (&uts))

@@ -102,8 +106,34 @@

   else

     buf = uts.release;

+  /* We are only interested in the first three kernel numbers, so */

+  /* chop off anything past that: */

+

+  choppoint = buf;

+  while (1)

+    {

+      versionindex++;

+      if (versionindex == 63) break;

+      if (*choppoint == '.') dotsfound++;

+      choppoint++;

+      if (dotsfound == 2)

+      {

+        if (*choppoint == '0' || *choppoint == '1'

+          || *choppoint == '2' || *choppoint == '3'

+          || *choppoint == '4' || *choppoint == '5'

+          || *choppoint == '6' || *choppoint == '7'

+          || *choppoint == '8' || *choppoint == '9')

+          continue;

+        else

+          {

+            *choppoint = 0;

+            break;

+          }

+      }

+    }

+

   /* Now convert it into a number.  The string consists of at most

-     three parts.  */

+     three parts.  Now it does, anyway.  ;-)  */

   version = 0;

   parts = 0;

   cp = buf;