Re: [gentoo-user] distcc (was: howto install gentoo without a cd-rom)

[Christoph Gysin <cgysin@gmx.ch>]

John Blinka wrote:
> I've almost got this laptop functioning under gentoo, but the compile
> times are horrendously long.  Hence this question:  Can I use distcc
> to speed it up?  I have 3 other machines already using distcc, but they
> are more modern; their /etc/make.conf contains:
> 
> CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
> CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> 
> whereas the Dell XPi 150 CD contains:
> 
> CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i586 -fomit-frame-pointer"
> CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
> 
> Do these differences prevent the Dell XPi 150 CD from being able
> to use the distcc results from the other machines?

No, that's not a problem. gcc won't use your settings from make.conf if
invoked by distcc.

But make sure you use the same gcc-versions on all boxes. It could work
with some combinations, but don't report bugs if it doesn't.

Christoph
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