[distcc] where does preprocessing take place

[Martin Pool]

On 30 Jan 2005, Lorenzo Bettini <bettini at dsi.unifi.it> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I've just started using distcc and in the manual you read that 
> preprocessing (and linking) must take place on the local machine (while 
> compilation and assembling can take place on remote machines).
> 
> However, if I run distccmon-text on the client it often shows something 
> like the following (make -j 4)
> 
> Preprocess <file1.c>             <remote machine>[0]
> Preprocess <file2.c>             <remote machine>[1]
> Compile    <file3.c>              localhost[0]
> Compile    <file4.c>              localhost[1]
> 
> does this mean that preprocessing takes place on the remote machine?

It means file1 will be sent to the remote machine when preprocessing
is complete.

-- 
Martin
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