Compile failure in CentOS 3.9

[grpprod]

> This is a known issue.  It's most likely because your Linux kernel is
> some 2.4.x, confusing BIND9 autoconf on the availability of epoll.
>
> The next beta will work around this.  In the mean time, if you don't
> have performance problem with the more conservative P1 versions, I'd
> recommend them.

Thanks,
the thing is, the reason for the upgrade at the moment is the recent
cache poisoning vulnerability. Can I fix it without upgrading?