From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L1nqd-0000RI-0f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:03:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45AD1E038E; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.189]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2207BE038E for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m36so2136700rnd.14 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:03:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jzIlbyY7GsqYvIZ5721aU4jJcpiIgU2LL/cQZP+cEq8=; b=S/ME8BpDPv8XM8z2KVhQmYh68cJ/hZieoONsMpGPplMrt4ZUA1dBIyfw2UFeEQXoiO Fp9/UqpyyOuSXe4KeJmDqYpSP9uE7hGH3G2u226huS3+Rd0rP58tzNN0flbIoD7A9ZTx 0U1Ox6r5M2Ej0uKu6wotwst2s9lWy6fmeGd5M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vJMFwn5fUiGTYd4A4YAIUeP9Xo/cqWs/sZXyiyVY5N2Edl4WNfGe1psENazOeSdhV/ WojfcOlYrjdUvhYsbw62FLrWZ4gESFTeyL439Flhk/UnhFxWh+wM08xynJki/c6+g1Na Bfa7YSJlR2vka7Ts60gxF2YEwd+VBTMuD8l/g= Received: by 10.64.114.1 with SMTP id m1mr3051090qbc.52.1226865832799; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:03:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.19? (bas8-montreal02-1088791512.dsl.bell.ca [64.229.163.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s35sm5204975qbs.13.2008.11.16.12.03.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:03:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4920365A.7060701@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:03:54 -0500 From: Simon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080914) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Binary package cruncher? References: <491F09A2.7040506@gmail.com> <200811161205.53841.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <200811161116.51759.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <200811161116.51759.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4f7d91d6-4637-4748-8ee4-6190d9238d14 X-Archives-Hash: a180a00f4e69fe8ef63d342e917be3fe > 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