help upgrading glibc from 2.3 to 2.4 please?

[vulcan]

im trying to run an application and its giving me the error:

/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.4' not found (required)

Then, using the command "ls /lib/libc-*" I discovered I infact was running libc2.3.6

So then A-HA I said ill just apt-get the latest libc right?
CRAP!

Apparently debian doesnt have libc2.4 yet in the testing release?? I tried searching the package database of testing and even unstable and didnt find anything other than libc2.5 in experimental (And I dont think i want to install that!!)

so then I downloaded libc2.4's .gz and unzipped it, I learned how to configure it and then failed miserably trying to make and make-install it. I must have spent 2 hours on this and im glad it didnt work either because after reading on google I have seen that people destroyed their entire system trying to do this like I was - they had to format after it was all said and done!

So back to square one, I found a place where someone said they used a ubuntu edgy repository to install glibc2.4 on debian and it worked "okay". with a few more people chiming in that it worked for them.

so I found this file:
http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...ntu12_i386.deb

and tried to install it using dpkg but it says:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:
libc6 depends on locales (>=2.3.11); however:
version of locales on system is 2.3.6.dsl-7.

So PLEASE if anyone knows, what am I doing wrong / how do I get it to work :\

Thank you!

[iwanabeguru]

the glibc 2.4 depend on locales 2.3.11 or newer , so you must install
locales 2.3.11 or newer wich maybe depend on another packages and you find youreself in a dependenci hell.

add the etch repository to your sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install libc6

and than comment out the etc line and do "apt-get update" again
its give you a mixed system and may brake something.

or

download a glibc tutorial and read how to update your glibc

or
upgrade your system to etch
(i think thi is the best way)

[metalmodman]

I have the latest version of debian but i still cant update to 2.4.


The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4-1) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is to be installed


I have 2 other programs that want the latest version any ideas?