The other machines are in /etc/distcc/hosts and I cant ping / ssh to them.
tv1 / # distcc-config --get-hosts localhost icebear icebird
Still emerge does not use distcc to compile for instance xine-lib or bison or perl.
I'm not sure what I missed to do, perhaps someone here has a hint for me.
And, another far worse problem I have is that in my case I'm having at least 8 parallel compile jobs running on my machine which really criples it. As far as I understood if the Makefile does support parallel building I should also be able to use distcc. But it looks like all the autoconf scripts try to use gcc / g++ instead of distcc for as the compiler.
Some packages can't be built in parallel, your best bet to not cripple the localhost is the put a limit on how many jobs it should allow
Example:
distcc-config --set-hosts "localhost/2 icebear icebird"
Will limit localhost to 2 active compile jobs at a time...
Take a look at the distcc manual and the nice document Lisa has put together on the Gentoo web
/Andreas
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