[distcc] using distcc to speed up gcc bootstraps

[Zack Weinberg]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:19:47PM +0100, Neil Booth wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva wrote:-
> 
> > On Aug 23, 2002, Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > I don't like it.  This area is messy enough as-is without adding more
> > > random metadata to it.
> > 
> > Oh, and did I mention that this patch actually fixes a bug?
> > 
> > Or do you disagree that the compiler, when given the same preprocessed
> > input and the same command-line flags, should produce the same output?
> > 
> > Currently, it doesn't, if you happen to change your current working
> > directory.  This patch fixes this very bug.  It's not a regression,
> > but it is a bug.
> 
> Let's wait for zack's input.  Zack?  8-)

I agree that this is a bug; I'm not sure that Alexandre's patch is the
appropriate fix.  I do not fully understand the problem; what's the
executive summary?

zw