[distcc] Only simple things can be compiled

[Lisa Seelye]

On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 19:00, Niklas Fischer wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> i was happy, when i tested distcc. my kernel (2.4.22) was done after 1:20 min. 
> with my workstation it took me ~2:33
> 
> the next thing i tried was to compile firebird-7.0, but i got ugly errors. 
> when i used only my workstation, it worked fine. i tested server apps - but 
> it never was done successfully. so i tried smaller tools. xmms for example 
> was no problem.

Several packages are known to cause problems when being compiled with
distcc.  This is the fault of the package and not distcc, since in most
cases its a faulty Makefile.  In fact, these packages typically fail
with any type of parallel build.

-- 
Regards,
-Lisa
<Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior>
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