Thanks again Paul.

James


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 03/14/13 08:45, James Jong wrote:
> > Either way, and just to confirm, I presume that if I  download and build
> glibc and gcc in a local folder
> > I could eventually compile and run Emacs with a more recent version of
> gcc/glibc.
>
> Yes, that should work, even with your older kernel.
> However, building glibc is not for the faint-hearted;
> it's a process that requires expertise and is not that
> well-documented (and sorry, I don't know where even
> the poor documentation is -- I've never read it).
>
> You're right that the performance benefits of the newer
> compiler are likely to be relatively small.
>
> For now I'm marking this bug as done.
>