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From: Gordon Malm <gengor@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PMS] Add RESTRICT="distcc" capability
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:21:45
Message-Id: 200811011421.43055.gengor@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PMS] Add RESTRICT="distcc" capability by Ciaran McCreesh
1 If you're compiling an out-of-tree module that requires the kernel be compiled
2 with support for a particular item and the distccd host's kernel does not
3 have that support compiles fail. Reference bug #120001 (though I know that
4 it was properly diagnosed there).
5
6 Then there's also this doozie. -> #167844.
7
8 Thanks,
9 Gordon Malm (gengor)
10
11 On Saturday, November 1, 2008 14:00:17 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
12 > On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:57:17 -0700
13 >
14 > Gordon Malm <gengor@g.o> wrote:
15 > > But in the case of out-of-tree kernel modules the idea
16 > > of distributing compile jobs to other machines is fundamentally
17 > > flawed IMO.
18 >
19 > Why? And how are out of tree kernel modules in any way special when it
20 > comes to distcc?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PMS] Add RESTRICT="distcc" capability Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>