http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/index.html
The current stable version of
glibc is
2.16.
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/?C=N;O=A
Seems that the version inside Dsl is
2.3.2, released 01 March
2003http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall
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@John
If you really decide to "update", start with 2 library in the next Release candidate, (before Maya new era) and continue...