glibc-2.4 on virtual servers with an old kernel

Since I got this request several times now I thought it would be useful to blog it once:

If you run Gentoo on a virtual server with an older Kernel (this is the case for systems rent at 1 and 1 or Strato in Germany) you won't be able to upgrade to the newer glibc-2.4 since it only supports nptl systems.

Instead you will need to relink your /etc/make.profile to the correct profile:

rm /etc/make.profile
ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/vserver/no-nptl/ /etc/make.profile

Make sure you have both nptl and nptlonly USE-flags deactivated when running emerge -pv glibc.

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