--- 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;