Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2002-05-24 Severity: wishlist * Package name : distcc Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Martin Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://samba.org/~mbp/distcc/ * License : GPL Description : a distributed C compiler
distcc is a program to distribute compilation of C code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local compile, is simple to install and use, and is often significantly faster than a local compile. Unlike other distributed build systems, distcc does not require all machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized clocks, or to have the same libraries or header files installed. distcc sends the complete preprocessed source code across the network for each job, so all it requires of the volunteer machines is that they be running the distccd daemon, and that they have an appropriate compiler installed. distcc is designed to be used with GNU make's parallel-build feature (-j). Shipping files across the network takes time, but few cycles on the client machine. Any files that can be built remotely are essentially "for free" in terms of client CPU. distcc is quite new but has successfully compiled the Linux kernel, rsync, Samba and Ethereal, sometimes over twice as fast as a single machine. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux my-box 2.4.18 #1 Thu Feb 28 15:34:08 CET 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]