I did an advanced search at
rpmsearch for Fedora 10, 9, 8, 7, (since you did not mention which you are using) and found these available packages you can install with rpm install command. I would probably try the 2.4.11 version if it were me.
glibc-2.4-9.src.rpm Other 15094 kB
glibc-2.4-8.ydl.1.src.rpm Other 15089 kB
glibc-2.4-8.ydl.1.ppc64.rpm Other 5007 kB
glibc-2.4-8.ydl.1.ppc.rpm Other 5016 kB
glibc-2.4-8.i686.rpm Other 5065 kB
glibc-2.4-8.i386.rpm Other 4269 kB
glibc-2.4-5.src.rpm Other 14539 kB
glibc-2.4-5.i386.rpm Other 1001 kB
glibc-2.4-4.x86_64.rpm Other 4697 kB
glibc-2.4-4.src.rpm Other 15084 kB
glibc-2.4-4.ppc64.rpm Other 6121 kB
glibc-2.4-4.ppc.rpm Other 5004 kB
glibc-2.4-4.i686.rpm Other 5057 kB
glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm Other 4261 kB
glibc-2.4-11.ydl.1.src.rpm Other 15148 kB
glibc-2.4-11.ydl.1.ppc64.rpm Other 5013 kB
glibc-2.4-11.ydl.1.ppc.rpm Other 5019 kB
glibc-2.4-11.x86_64.rpm Other 4702 kB
glibc-2.4-11.src.rpm Other 15149 kB
glibc-2.4-11.ppc64.rpm Other 5004 kB
glibc-2.4-11.ppc.rpm Other 5012 kB
glibc-2.4-11.i686.rpm Other 5060 kB
glibc-2.4-11.i386.rpm Other 4262 kB
I can't answer the static link question.