On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Daniel Kegel wrote: > Martin Eisenhardt wrote: > > will the two pathces for the randomization of distcc's host list and the > > setting of a connection timeout be merged into the main trunk of distcc? > > If so, when will that happen? > > I'm all for the randomization patch being merged :-) > but which timeout patch are you referring to? I see two: > http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2002q4/000376.html,
That's the one I was thinking about; just set an environment variable to the number of (m)secs of the timeout. > which uses 'alarm', and > http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2003q2/001097.html, > which uses 'select'. I wasn't aware of that one, thanks. > > > The reason for my "merge request" is that I want to use distcc in Gentoo > > without having to patch the sources. Since I use my university's computer > > lab to do some compiling and not all computer's are always available, both > > the randomization and the possibility to set a short timeout value would > > greatly enhance distcc's usability. > > Sound reasonable to me. How many hosts are in your cluster? > And are they all roughly the same performance? > There are as many as 25 [EMAIL PROTECTED], one 2-way server with [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a couple of desktop systems across the department. All systems are running Gentoo, the computers in the lab are Windows-infected (that's why they aren't always availale, grrrrr). > MfG German influences? (Mfg = Mit freundlichen Gruessen?) > > Dan > Kind regards Martin -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Wirtsch. Inf. Martin Eisenhardt Universität Bayreuth Fakultät Mathematik und Physik Fachbereich Informatik Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Informatik I D-95440 Bayreuth fon : +49 (921) 55 3314 fax : +49 (921) 55 5820 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www : http://ai1.inf.uni-bayreuth.de www2 : http://www.mneisen.org Please note: this eMail was composed entirely of recycled bits. No byte was harmed during the creation of this message. Please dispose of carefully! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ distcc mailing list http://distcc.samba.org/ To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/distcc