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On 07/06/21 14:11, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 11:25:55 +0200, n952162 wrote: |
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>>> You could also look at using distcc if you have more than one machine |
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>>> to spread the load. |
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>> Ah, that's also interesting ... that's like an alternative to a local |
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>> binary server (which I'm currently doing) - the compilations are |
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>> distributed on all nodes in the network - and then, presumably are also |
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>> available to all nodes? ... |
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> The compilation is distributed but the result is only available to the |
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> host running emerge. However, if you set FEATURES=buildpkg and set |
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> $PKGDIR to a shared directory, you could use the same binaries on other |
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> systems, provided they are set up the same. |
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That's roughly what I did - with two systems, they were set up to build |
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compatible packages, and store all the gentoo stuff on shared drives. So |
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depending on which one I rebuilt when, they often upgraded from binary |
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packages built by the other machine. |
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Cheers, |
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