so, since gcc is version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7) on my workstation and 3.3 20030304 (apple computer, inc. build 1495) on the mac, it should in theory work, yea? Hmmm. now for a test build!!! Lotas
On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 15:14, Paul Oldham wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:00:07 +0000, Octavio Ruiz (Ta^3) growled: > > > Andrew Farmer, who happens to be smarter than you, thinks: > > > >> If I remember correctly, distcc requires that all systems be the same > >> architecture and have all the same include files available. [...] > > > > I know something diferent. DistCC sends preprocesed files (.i) and > > assembler files (.s), so it is not needed to have the include files. > > Just need to send that files, asemble it and re-send an object file. > > Here is where the crosscompiling plays... You can compile code for sparc > > in an ppc and viceversa.. :) > > Quite so. As it says at their home page http://distcc.samba.org/ "distcc > does not require all machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized > clocks, or to have the same libraries or header files installed. They can > even have different processors or operating systems, if cross-compilers > are installed." > > However there are some perils if you are running significantly different > releases of GCC. See http://distcc.samba.org/faq.html#mixed-gcc > > I've been making good use of distcc across three PCs on our network while > I've been building up my first Gentoo box. It's saved a lot of time. -- Lotas T Smartman, MCP www.lotas-smartman.net www.the-hairy-one.com www.lsn-blog.tk -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
