[distcc] can we use distcc with bmake ?

[Martin Pool]

Please reply on the list, not direct to me.


On 30 March 2011 21:27, yudhistir reddy <yudhistir.reddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Thank you so much for your reply and its cool to know that it will work on
> bmake .  Please see my comments inline with [Yudhi]
>> (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.
> [Yudhi ]-  Yes i am using the bmake which you mentioned .
>
> I untarred this distcc-3.1 and running below command to install  < following
> this link  http://distcc.samba.org/index.html  >
>
> ./configure && make && sudo make install
>
> I am installing the distcc at my home location in server .
>
> Error at the end of installation :
> Snippet
>>>>
> After installing distcc, please complete the survey in the file
> "survey.txt".
>
> "Makefile", line 481: Need an operator
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> <<<<
>
> When i checked the 481 line of Makefile it refers to the dependency file
> with below line
>
> # Grab the dependency files generated by gcc's -MD option.
> -include */*.d
> Is this error need to be resolved or is it ok to procced with remaing part
> of install ?

Perhaps you need to use gnu make not bsd make.

>  (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?
>
> [Yudhi] - I am using Freebsd .

Doesn't it have something like 'port install distcc'?  (It's been over
10 years since I used it.)