You can try getting the source packages and building them against
libc5.  That is what I do for newer packages.

On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Albert Hurd wrote:

> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:27:12 -0700
> From: Albert Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Why do most (all?) now require libc6: what to do??
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> I have noticed that all packages I recently wanted to dwnload now
> require libc6. Since I am a newbie who is satisfied with bo and doesn't
> want to upgrade until I feel confident that I will not get into trouble
> with all the non-deb packages I have installed, what am I to do with the
> deb packages I want to install? Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Albert Hurd
> 
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