On Sat 2003-09-13, David Baird wrote: > In short, I don't think this problem is exclusively with Redhat > systems.
That is correct. > I am having the same problem: > > Using gentoo, on kernel 2.4.22 with aa patches, nfs root (meaning my > ccache is also on nfs), distcc and ccache are in my FEATURES variable. > > I get corrupted .o and .la (if I remember right) and some other > corrupt files with the a message like: > > synthdata.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized > > Putting the file through hexdump shows all zeros: > > 0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 > * > 001af40 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 > 001af4c Yes, this is the same problem. We discovered the answer: you must set the no_subtree_check export option on your NFS server. This is a good idea anyhow for NFS roots. ccache is not the only program that can be affected. See the links in http://distcc.samba.org/problems.html#nfs-problem -- mbp __ distcc mailing list http://distcc.samba.org/ To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/distcc