[distcc] Re: distcc over slow net links

[Ben Elliston]

Timothee Besset <ttimo at idsoftware.com> writes:

> - Several compiles start, mostly on the local LAN, and one goes to a
> remote machine.
> - LAN stuff is done. Build system waits for linking for remote
> machine.
> - remote takes a long time. not specifically compile, but transfer
> back and forth.

distcc was never designed to work this way.  You need low latency
connections to your slave machines.

Ben