[distcc] Changing compiler name to thumb-epoc-pe-gcc

[Alexander.Farber at nokia.com]

Hi, thanks for you reply, but -

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Martin Pool [mailto:mbp at samba.org]
> On 12 Feb 2004, Alexander.Farber at nokia.com wrote:
> 
> > when trying to compile Symbian OS, there are few gcc 
> > calls, but much more thumb-epoc-pe-gcc calls. Provided 
> > that the compiler is always called explicitly on the 
> > client side, i.e. with "distcc thumb-epoc-pe-gcc ...",
> > what functions should I modify to change the compiler 
> > name on the client and on the server side please? 
> 
> Can't you just make a masquerade link from 
> 
>   /usr/local/lib/distcc/thumb-epoc-pe-gcc -> /usr/local/bin/distcc
> 
> Put that on your path and get the build system (make or whatever) to
> call thumb-epoc-pe-gcc.  This will call distcc because of the symlink,
> and distcc will use the invocation name as the remote compiler.
> 
> I think for cross builds it's always better to use the full name;
> there's too much potential for confusion otherwise.

sorry I've omitted few details:

On the client side I have Windows and Cygwin (so making soft links 
is not possible) and the Symbian OS build system is unfortunately 
not Makefiles, but a set of batch files and perl scripts which call 
"gcc" for one platform (ARM) and "thumb-epoc-pe-gcc" for another 
(THUMB; several platforms are targeted by one build).

On the server side I have six RedHat Linux PC's on which I've compiled 
distcc and the same cross-platform "gcc" and "thumb-epoc-pe-gcc":

boclu21:afarber {60} /usr/local/symbian/bin/gcc -v
Reading specs from
/usr/local/symbian/lib/gcc-lib/arm-epoc-pe/2.9-psion-98r2/specs
gcc version 2.9-psion-98r2 (Symbian build 546)

boclu21:afarber {61} /usr/local/symbian/bin/thumb-epoc-pe-gcc -v
Reading specs from
/usr/local/symbian/lib/gcc-lib/thumb-epoc-pe/2.9-psion-98r2/specs
gcc version 2.9-psion-98r2 (Symbian build 546)

So let me repeat my question please:

On the client side I can change (by editing the perl scripts) 
the calls to "gcc" and "thumb-epoc-pe-gcc" to "distcc gcc" and/or 
"distcc thumb-epoc-pe-gcc" - if needed. What could I do make it 
work with distcc on the server side?

There are more calls to "thumb-epoc-pe-gcc" that to "gcc", so if
I at least could make "thumb-epoc-pe-gcc" work with distcc if would
be great. If I could make both calls work, it would be even better.

Regards
Alex