Re: [gentoo-user] distcc

[sean <tech.junk@verizon.net>]

John Blinka wrote:
> sean wrote:
>> John Blinka wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think this is backwards.  The cross compiler should be on the 
>>> Opteron box, since distcc is asking
>>> the Opteron box to produce 32 bit code for the P4 box.
>>>
>>
>> Check this out. Look at the line highlighted in green.
>>
>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml
> Yep, that's exactly the document I used to get cross-compiling working 
> with distcc
> on my machines.  See the paragraph near the top under the heading "Emerge
> the needed utilities".   The first sentence of this paragraph refers to 
> machines "that
> will be involved in the compiling process".   One might argue that both 
> your P4 and Opteron
> machines are "involved" since the P4 calls the compiler and the Opteron 
> does the compiling.
> But the sentence really refers to machines that will actually *do* the 
> compiling, i.e., your
> Opteron.  So you should do 2 things on the Opteron box: "emerge 
> crossdev" and
> "crossdev -t arg" where I'm guessing "arg" is i686-pc-linux-gnu for your 
> P4 box.
> The green highlighted stuff are things you do on the P4 box.  The 
> explanation for
> doing the green highlighted stuff is found at the end of the page under 
> the heading
> "Why this works".
> 
> John Blinka

Thanks John,

	Perhaps it is just me, but maybe the docs on this topic could use just 
a bit more sharpening to clear things.

			Sean
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