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Re: distributed compilation with gcc: distcc
On 23 Jul 2002, Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org> writes:
>
> Martin> I suspect the easiest thing will be to share the builddir over NFS.
> Martin> Is that possible?
>
> That depends entirely on the user's own preference. I, for one, would
> have no objections sharing the builddir over NFS, but I wonder how the
> net performance will be after paying that penalty.
It ought to be pretty good, if the machines have enough memory to
cache the built compiler and so on, because once the files are
generated they won't change.
--
Martin