[distcc] distcc problems

[Daniel Kegel]

Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> gcc 3.3.3 is housed on /opt/gnu.  The helper system nfs mounts /opt read-only.  
> If I simply do a "make", fluxbox and qt gets built correctly.
> 
> I passed "--verbose" to distcc, and I see errors on the console when trying
> to build qt:
> 
>   distcc[26444] (dcc_mkdir) ERROR: mkdir //.distcc failed: Permission denied
> ...
> Is what I'm experiencing due to the read-only filesystem?

I bet it's due to not having a good value for $HOME (or $DISTCC_DIR)...
- Dan