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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] compiling via distcc
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On Friday 20 February 2015 06:51:49 Andrew Savchenko wrote:

> Another approach will be to use one powerful box to build all
> packages for an older system: either root filesystem may be
> exported via NFS to a powerful host or just copy entire disk image
> to and fro that host; afterwards just setarch && chroot to that
> image / NFS mount and build all packages using modern hardware.

I've found it simpler to NFS-export just the package directory to the 
more powerful host, not the whole file system. Then SSH to the small box 
and emerge -k. I forget the details now, but I rarely have to fiddle 
about fixing problems since adopting this procedure.

-- 
Rgds
Peter.