you can do it as suggested by Ahmed. I also followed "the redneck way" :-), as you can see:
root@efikamx:~# uname -a
Linux efikamx 2.6.32-fake-20130626-efikamx #2 PREEMPT Sun Sep 1 01:07:01 CEST 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@efikamx:~# /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6
GNU C Library (Debian EGLIBC 2.17-93) stable release version 2.17, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 4.7.3.
Compiled on a Linux 3.10.11 system on 2013-09-23.
Available extensions:
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson
Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
libc ABIs: UNIQUE
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/>.
but, obviously, be aware to avoid any "dist-upgrade".