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 1LPKYJ-0003zg-PM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:38:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93A23E0379; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09205E0379 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EBE164720 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.315 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.315 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.217, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IAJwwn2X0ijp for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5172164697 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LPKWo-0007dB-GX for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:42 +0000 Received: from 64.251.14.41 ([64.251.14.41]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:42 +0000 Received: from grante by 64.251.14.41 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:42 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer? Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <58965d8a0901200905q4cabd150m2a98aa4d10dc4058@mail.gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.251.14.41 User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 16f1466b-fb62-4687-bad3-5bdd62466f42 X-Archives-Hash: d57cb8d21c4ae5f6e66d99cdf9f1a98f On 2009-01-20, Paul Hartman wrote: > My biggest suggestion for a slow machine is: distcc I'm not too concerned about build times for large packages. The machine isn't going to be connect to a network and once it's in a "working" state won't be doing much emerging. Secondly, I've never had much luck with distcc. When I last tried it (admittedly a couple years ago), I immediately started tripping over packages that wouldn't build using distcc. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Are you still an at ALCOHOLIC? visi.com