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On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 14:05 -0400, John Blinka wrote: |
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> Hi, all, |
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> I run Gentoo on a very old 150 mhz pentium laptop. As you can imagine, |
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> it's painful to update Gentoo packages on it. I've been attempting |
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> to use distcc and crossdev so that the more more modern i686 machines on my |
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> local network can do most of the compiling for this i586 box. However, |
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> I haven't been very successful in offloading its compilations to the faster |
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> boxes: |
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[snip] |
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> fast_box_1/2 fast_box_2/2 localhost/1 |
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looks good to me. just remember: |
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1. not every ebuild can use parallel compilation - some have it disabled |
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because it causes compiler errors - they override MAKEOPTS to -j1 |
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2. I think an ebuild may be able to over-ride the distcc setting (not |
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sure) which would make all 5 jobs run locally - again because of |
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problems when it's enabled |
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3. ./configure scripts can only happen locally - sometimes there are |
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compiles or at least CPU intensive tasks going on here (esp if you have |
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a slow cpu) |
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so unfortunately, distcc doesn't speed _every_ compile up by drastic |
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amounts, but when it does - it does! |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but only |
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be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on. |
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(Unknown source) |
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