On Mar 21, 2014, at 19:21, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2014, at 00:39, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> I have no experience using Mac OS X to compile Linux executables. I don’t >> know if that would work. I would be extremely surprised if you could compile >> Mac OS X executables on Linux since you need not only the clang compiler but >> also all the Mac OS X libraries and frameworks, some of which are >> proprietary and would not be available on Linux. > > Ah, but with distcc you don't have that problem. It does the pre-compilation > locally (or pushes the required headers in newer applications), just as the > linking step. Only the actual compilation, the conversion of stand-alone code > to an object file is done remotely. And since clang/llvm apparently has a > compiler/assembler stage that doesn't need to be built specifically (at least > not as long as one remains on the same architecture) that just works without > any hassles other than ensuring that everyone builds for the same target.
This is fascinating. I should really try distcc some time. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
