build requirements:
==================================

libtool
libtool-devel	20021227-1 or newer (*)
autoconf
autoconf-devel	2.57-1 or newer
automake
automake-devel	1.7.2-1 or newer
gcc		3.2-3 or newer
binutils	20021117-1 or newer
libiconv	1.8-2
libiconv2	1.8-2
libintl2	0.11.5-1
gettext		0.11.5-1            
gettext-devel	0.11.5-1            

(*) if using 20021227-1, you need to apply the following patch to
/usr/autotools/devel/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 BEFORE running bootstrap,
below.  I'll release a new libtool that includes this fix soon.

--- libtool.m4.orig   2002-12-30 00:16:43.000000000 -0500
+++ libtool.m4        2002-12-30 00:16:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@
 # --------------
 # enable support for Windows resource files
 AC_DEFUN([AC_LIBTOOL_RC],
-[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_RC])
+[AC_REQUIRE([LT_AC_PROG_RC])
 _LT_AC_SHELL_INIT([tagnames=`echo "$tagnames,RC" | sed 's/^,//'`])
 ])# AC_LIBTOOL_RC


build instructions:
==================================

1) unpack glib-2.0.7.tar.bz2
2) cd glib-2.0.7
3) patch -p1 < <path to>/glib-2.0.7.patch
4) chmod +x ./bootstrap
5) ./bootstrap
6) mkdir .build && cd .build
7) CFLAGS=-g ../configure --prefix=/usr/local --srcdir=<path to>/glib-2.0.7 --enable-maintainer-mode
8) make


test results:
==================================

string-test: FAIL
dies in this test:

  g_string_sprintf (string2, "%s|%0100d|%s|%s|%0*d|%*.*f|%100.100f",
          "this pete guy sure is a wuss, like he's the number ",
          1,
          " wuss.  everyone agrees.\n",
          string1->str,
          10, 666, 15, 15, 666.666666666, 666.666666666);

death occurs in 
  g_string_printf
  g_string_append_printf_internal
  g_strdup_vprintf
  g_new (gchar, g_printf_string_upper_bound(format,args1))
    where second arg evaulates to 10324
    g_new is #defined as 
    #define g_new(struct_type, n_structs)           \
      ((struct_type *) g_malloc (((gsize) sizeof (struct_type)) * ((gsize) (n_structs))))
    so this call is ACTUALLY
    (char *) g_malloc ( (sizeof (char)) * 10324 ) 

  in g_malloc, we die at this line:
  mem = glib_mem_vtable.malloc ( nbytes ) 
    where nbytes is 10324
    glib_mem_vtable.malloc = 0x10063b20 <malloc>
death is a SIGSEGV, and it must occur in malloc, and it corrupts the stack.

Haven't investigated this further, because you need a debuggable kernel and I
don't have time to build one right now.