Make Dep Fatal Error

Hello,

I run Debian with a 2.4.19 kernel, and for the first time in ages
decided to rebuild my kernel, to remove a lot stuff that I now
know, with more experience, that I don't need.

I edited the .config file, mved it temporarily, and ran 'make
mrproper' then 'make oldconfig'. So far so good. When I ran 'make
dep' I got the following error:

gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/mkdep scripts/mkdep.c
/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS): In function `__libc_csu_init':
elf-init.oS(.text+0x1d): undefined reference to `__init_array_end'
elf-init.oS(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `__init_array_start'
elf-init.oS(.text+0x43): undefined reference to `__init_array_start'
/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS): In function `__libc_csu_fini':
elf-init.oS(.text+0x7a): undefined reference to `__fini_array_end'
elf-init.oS(.text+0x80): undefined reference to `__fini_array_start'
elf-init.oS(.text+0xa3): undefined reference to `__fini_array_start'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1

So I updated libc6-dev and libc6 and tried again. Same error.

gcc-2.95

Make: version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
for i586-pc-linux-gnu

Can anyone help? I am completely baffled.

Thanks,

Lee