On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 17:29 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > Neil Bothwick writes: > > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:14:22 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > The cruelty is actually worse: the machines that will benefit most > > > > from an OOo compile from source, are those old, low memory, asthmatic > > > > boxen, that take two days to complete the emerge! I am tempted to > > > > start cross-compiling. > > > > > > I've often used distcc between amd64 and x86 machines, for example, and > > > had no problems (except that not enough is "farmed out"). > > Uh, really? I thought I had to setup cross compiling for that. Cool, I can > skip that then. You just saved me a lot of trouble, thanks.
ahhh (penny drops). The cake is a lie! I remember now I used P4 and P3 before. I haven't actually done it with my amd 64bit, which is running x86 anyway. sorry for the stuffup. However you may be interested in http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_AMD64-x86-distcc and I'm sure there are more! cya, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #19: Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies have been performed on dead people. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
