[WBEL-devel] Distcc

[Johnny Hughes]

If it helps anyone, I have also figured out how to install and run
cygwin on a windows machine where distccd can be installed to also do
distributed compiles.

On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 09:22, John Morris wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 
> > I have been playing with distcc lately to compile c programs on more
> > than one PC.  (I wanted to finish Gentoo compiles faster.)
> 
> Eh?  I thought compiling was what Gentoo users enjoyed?  Kinda like 
> DOS/Windows users brag about their reboot speed.   [ducking]
I love compiling ... I just like to do it faster!

> 
> > It may turn out a 24 hour compile in 8 hours....
> 
> Probably not in my case.  I have the one phat machine until -final when it
> goes into service as our new primary server.  Other than it the fastest
> machines in the building is a pair of 1.2Ghz laptops (neither is mine) and
> after those the performance crown goes to some Duron 600's on desktops.  
> (We also have some VIA EPIA's at 933 but everyone knows their clock rate 
> doesn't indicate their performance level.)
> 
> The machine being replaced as our primary public machine is a P-II 300.  
> While it is still bravely soldiering on, carrying email for a thousand or
> so active accounts plus web, DNS, NIS/NFS, RADIUS, NTP, lpd, ftp, etc. it
> really is time to pump it up a bit.  And guess where whiteboxlinux.org
> just got hosted?  Yup.
> 
> Needless to say, RHEL contracts were never a consideration here.  We are 
> really cheeeeep.  :)

- Johnny Hughes