[distcc] Compiling with distcc

[Martin Pool]

On 09/07/2006, at 1:20 AM, James Stanley wrote:

> Hello,
> How would I compile my program with distcc?
> That's not as daft as it sounds.
> I don't use makefiles as it's a relatively small project and I  
> think it's an
> unnecessary complication. I have a file compile.sh.
>
> In that file is a few configuring lines and a compile line:
> g++ -o rakentia ./*.cpp -Wall
> `allegro-config --libs`  -I/usr/include/zoidcom -L/usr/lib/zoidcom/ 
> libzoidcom.so
>
> It's a game.
>
> How would I make this compile over the network, what is the  
> equivalent of j8
> for distcc?

Either:

Split the compilation into one invocation per source file, run them  
all in the background, then wait for them to finish before linking.

Or:

Bite the bullet and convert to using Make or a Make-replacement like  
Scons.

-- 
Martin