[distcc] A way to validate the distcc setup?
Oscar Fudd
ofudd at speed-test.net
Mon May 26 07:14:38 GMT 2003
On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 17:55, Martin Pool wrote:
> On 24 May 2003, Oscar Fudd <ofudd at speed-test.net> wrote:
> One problem is that due to gcc quasi-bugs a remote compile may be
> slightly different (mostly in debug symbols) from a local compile,
> even if they're functionally identical.
Do you know if the linux kernel will work right if you use a mix of
compilers to make it?
> Is this an actual problem for you, or just an idea? If you have flaky
> memory then you have bigger problems. For most people once they get
> the right version of the compiler installed then things don't
> magically break.
Just an idea. I was trying to speed up my kernel compile, and failed
miserably, although distcc doesn't seem to be the cause.
> Don't fool yourself that you could catch malicious servers.
Why not? Doesn't the Seti system catch malicious servers?
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Oscar Fudd <ofudd at speed-test.net>
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