[distcc] can we use distcc with bmake ?

[Martin Pool]

On 30 March 2011 18:53, yudhistir reddy <yudhistir.reddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I was just searching google for any tool which can do the distributed build
> to reduce compile time . I came across this wonderful tool distcc .  I would
> like to try this to see the build compile time improvement .
>
> My questions :
>
> (1) Can we use this tool with bmake . We use bmake .

If by bmake you mean <http://www.crufty.net/help/sjg/bmake_1.htm> then
apparently yes. Let us know if it works.

> (2) what would be the steps i should follow to install this tool . I did not
> find any install guide or something .

On Debian/Ubuntu, 'sudo apt-get install distcc'.  If you're on BSD
(where bmake seems popular?) it's probably in the ports collection and
could be installed through there.  Which OS are you using?
Martin