Hi, I'm afraid I don't quite understand your question. The kernel does nothing special for libc6 dependent stuff. As long as you have the shared library installed, the executables that depend on them will work, even with older kernels.
The kernel has nothing to do with the locales problems (in other wordsZ: recompiling will not solve your problems). What version of the locales package do you have? manoj __> dpkg -l \*locale\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ un localebin <none> (no description available) ii locales 2.0.4-1 Locale data files and utilities. pn wg15-locale <none> (no description available) __> dpkg -s locales Package: locales Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: admin Installed-Size: 5888 Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: glibc Version: 2.0.4-1 Replaces: localebin, wg15-locale Depends: libc6 Conflicts: localebin, wg15-locale Description: Locale data files and utilities. Contains utilities and machine-readable files used by the C library to internationalization. -- Caesar had his Brutus--Charles the First, his Cromwell--and George the Third ("Treason!" cried the Speaker)--may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. -- Patrick Henry Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .