[ros-dev] Can I use 'distcc' to compile ReactOS?

[Casper Hornstrup]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org] On Behalf Of Andrew "Silver
> Blade" Greenwood
> Sent: 7. november 2005 19:15
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: [ros-dev] Can I use 'distcc' to compile ReactOS?
> 
> I just discovered distcc. For those who don't know, distcc is a
> distributed compiler utility that interfaces with gcc on Linux (and
> compatible platforms.) It comes as a daemon and a client - the daemon is
> run on each machine you wish to include in the "compiler farm" (so to
> speak), and the client is told which servers to use (via an environment
> variable.) When you run distcc it just acts like gcc/g++, and
> distributes the file to be compiled to each of the hosts.
> 
> It doesn't need the headers or libraries on the hosts - the output of
> the preprocessor is passed to each host.
> 
> Anyway...
> 
> As I have a second machine which usually runs Windows solely for when I
> wish to make music, it's ideal for running a small Linux installation,
> aimed at running distcc/gcc etc. and not much else.
> 
> All is well, except I cannot configure ReactOS to make use of distcc :(
> 
> The standard usage for distcc (according to the authors site) is:
> make -j8 distcc
> 
> The only way I even got close to compiling ReactOS using distcc was to
> hack the main Makefile and replace "gcc" with "distcc", and "g++" with
> "distcc g++" (to specify the compiler to use on each host.)
> 
> This works perfectly... for the initial make tasks (building the build
> system?) but after this distcc is completely ignored.
> 
> Is there a way to allow distcc to work? Ideally the Makefile should take
> note of the CC variable, I guess?
> 
> As I have a laptop and 2 desktop machines at my disposal (plus - as I'm
> staying at a friends house at present - his experimental 3 GHz server
> box), I'd like to make use of distcc so I don't have to make so much
> coffee ;)
> 
> Any ideas?

You need to add a check for distcc to rbuild. Open mingw.cpp (IIRC) and
search for compilerCommand.

Casper