Re: [gentoo-user] Binary package cruncher?

[Simon <turner25@gmail.com>]

> Another possibility is to use distcc. I haven't used it recently, but an 
> earlier version seemed ok.

Distcc is used to speed compilation time.  But the point is that even if I set 
distcc hosts to not be on the localhost (ie, just compile remotely and only use 
localhost to manage the whole thing)...  it still takes way too long.  Plus, 
many packages don't compile with distcc, will compile localhost only.  Plus, 
many parts of the emerge are not distributed, like ./configure, etc...

I mean, installing a binpkg is already slow on my PCs, imagine the compilation 
(yea, i am very patient).  That's why I purchased the VPS to compile and make 
binpkg...  One day I might purchase a second VPS and set distcc between the two 
(a binpkg farm?)... but until then distcc is really near useless in my setup. 
Only exception to what I just said is with the kernel, which I always compile 
with distcc.

Thanks,
   Simon