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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ distcc -- a free distributed C/C++ compiler system - http://distcc.samba.org/ + http://code.google.com/p/distcc/ by Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org> @@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ regular gcc options and features work as normal. distcc is designed to be used with GNU make's parallel-build feature (-j). Shipping files across the network takes time, but few cycles on the client machine. Any files that can be built remotely are -essentially "for free" in terms of client CPU. +essentially "for free" in terms of client CPU. This is even more true +in "pump" mode, where the client does not even have to take time to +preprocess the source files. distcc has been successfully used in +environments with hundreds of distcc servers, supporting dozens of +simultaneous compiles. distcc is now reasonably stable and can successfully compile the Linux kernel, rsync, KDE, GNOME (via GARNOME), Samba and Ethereal. distcc |