alpha does not have a __NR_creat http://bugs.gentoo.org/227275 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6650 diff -durN glibc-2.13.orig/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/creat64.c glibc-2.13/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/creat64.c --- glibc-2.13.orig/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/creat64.c 2007-11-10 20:34:26.000000000 +0100 +++ glibc-2.13/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/creat64.c 2009-11-13 00:50:51.000000000 +0100 @@ -1 +1,5 @@ /* Defined as alias for the syscall. */ +#include +#ifndef __NR_creat +#include "../../../../../io/creat64.c" +#endif