--- ./sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h.orig	2004-12-16 21:31:50.000000000 -0600
+++ ./sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h	2006-08-21 23:00:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 	int parts;							      \
 	char *cp;							      \
 	struct utsname uts;						      \
+	int dotsfound = 0;						      \
+	int versionindex = 0;						      \
+	char *choppoint;						      \
 									      \
 	/* Try the uname syscall */					      \
 	if (__uname (&uts))					      	      \
@@ -72,8 +75,34 @@
 	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;							      \