[gentoo-user] Re: Aw: Re: Some essential packages fail to compile

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 08/09/12 15:54, "Roland Häder" wrote:
>>> Isn't it a requirement that all nodes run Gentoo, with the same GCC
>> version, and you must setup sys-devel/crossdev on each of them?
>>
>> I don't see how it could possibly work otherwise.
>>
>
> In my first email I wrote that all other nodes have Debian installed, not Gentoo.

I was reading this:

   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml

It specifically mentions you need crossdev:

   If you are cross-compiling between different subarchitectures
   for Intel x86 (e.g. i586 and i686), you must still build a full
   cross-toolchain for the desired CHOST, or else the compilation
   will fail.

I suppose any cross compiler might be enough and you don't need 
crossdev.  I don't know.