That would be.. ? Put the names of the servers in your environment: export DISTCC_HOSTS='localhost red green blue'
Regards, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Brad Beveridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 1:34 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) Yep - that will emerge the distcc client daemon, there is a startup script in /etc/init.d/distcc. Configuring the end that is serving the compile units (ie the machine that is doing the compiling) is a matter of creating a list of ip/hostnames of distcc machines that can be used for compile work. Generally you have localhost first, and then machines in their speed rank order. Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 11:17 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > > > I think this is great! I think we could possibly make gentoo > news, particularly if we used the whole uni network for > distcc'ing. (although ostc sounds more feasible) > > BTW does anyone know how to set up distcc? do i just emerge > distcc on my gentoo box? > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:44:24 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:52, Brad Beveridge wrote: > > > Yep, we would also probably want to setup our own gentoo > (partial) > > > mirror rather than nfs sharing the portage tree. I think > I remember > > > somebody on this list doing that? Christopher - since > this is your > > > baby, do you want to figure out a rough roadmap of how to > go about a > > > Gentoo distributed installfest? > > OK, First things first:- > > > > How many people on the list would be seriously interested in this? > > The number interested will define the location of the venue. > > Note that you _must_ have a linux compatible network card > installed in > > your > > machine for this idea to even totter into the realm of possiblity. > > We will also need a hub / switch with sufficient ports for > each machine. > > > > > Some things to consider off the top of my head - > > > > > Initial environment (boot CD or existing linux distro) > > Boot cd. Much simpler. There are CD image files which have various > > stages of > > 'normal' applications pre-compiled for one to be able to get a good > > head-start on creating your own system customised to your > own requirements. > > > > > - Hardware detection/setup notes > > Currently, The Gentoo install requires you to generate a > custom kernel > > and set > > of modules for your machine, and therefore you have to have > the knowledge and > > information about your machine to be able to do that. > > > > > - Portage mirror or sharing from NFS > > I had thought the latter, but the former is probably a better idea. > > We'd need a machine ( grunt required is dependent on number of > > attendees ) to run a fast web server ( Boa? ) and 2 or 3 > Gbytes spare > > disk space. > > > > > - DNS setup > > Depends on how many of us want to do this. > > IPCop has both a DHCP server and a pretty convenient static > IP system. > > > > > - distcc setup (and at what stage) > > Umm, yes indeed, more thought and research needed, > > i.e. I know sfa about distcc. > > > > > - Kernel compiles > > See above, Yes we'll have to do them for each machine type. > As always, > > the major difficulties are going to be getting the video > acceleration, > > sound cards and win-modems to work properly. Very good > place for folks > > to learn how to build a custom kernel even if they don't want to > > install Gentoo. > > > > > - things to do while we wait on compilers :) > > Drink: tea; coffee; beer; wine. Eat, have lunch together while > > machines do > > their thing; chatter; sleep, and normal human functions as > appropriate. > > > > > > > Brad > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dale Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 9:42 a.m. > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > > > > > > > > > > > > An idea would be to setup distcc on the boxes that are built > > > > ...that way ones with slower machines wouldnt be > sitting there for > > > > 2 days waiting for stuff to > > > > compile ..... > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Dale. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:37, you wrote: > > > > > I also think this is a good idea, but maybe not as a "public > > > > > installfest" like the Mandrake/RedHat ones. Just a small > > > > > > > > gathering of > > > > > > > > > everyone on the list who wants to try Gentoo (*puts > up hand* ;-) > > > > > or who wants to get updated packages quickly for their current > > > > > > > > system (if > > > > > > > > > they're on a modem connection at home). If you can share > > > > > > > > the portage > > > > > > > > > tree... and you can share the compiling... > > > > > > > > > > Could we have, say, everyone who gets an install up and > > > > > > > > working leave > > > > > > > > > their machine running to help others who are still > > > > > > > > installing? Is it > > > > > > > > > just me, or would that be _damn_cool_? ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Gareth > > > > > > > > > > >===== Original Message From > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== I > > > > > > > > > >think this is a good idea, though I expect it to be far > > > > > > > > more complex > > > > > > > > > >than a > > > > > > > > > > standard (Redhat/Mandrake) installfest. As such, I would > > > > > > > > suggest that > > > > > > > > > the organisers have a "practise" run with a few > experts who are > > > > > willing to give Gentoo a try - so that some of the > issues can be > > > > > ironed > > > > > > > > > > >out earlier. > > > > > >Personally I'm willing to come along & help out, and > I'll bring > > > > > >my box to > > > > > > > > > > help out with the distcc compile effort. > > > > > > > > > > >Brad > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >> Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2003 11:16 p.m. > > > > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >> Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:22, you wrote: > > > > > >> > Gentoo is looking more feasible by the minute...I am > > > > > > > > running out > > > > > > > > > >> > of excuses not to at least try it. =) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Does all theis interest in Gentoo mean that we are going > > > > > > > > to have to > > > > > > > > > >> organise a Gentoo Installfest? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Not as silly as it might at first seem because it would > > > > > > > > then allow > > > > > > > > > >> the sharing of the portage tree. Mine is now at > something of > > > > > >> the order of ~1.7GBytes. Some of it might be old > files, but I > > > > > >> did have a big purge not so long ago. That fileset > could be > > > > > >> shared around to minimise download bother, also gentoo > > > > > >> can now use the distributed compiling idea, so a > group could > > > > > >> probably get it > > > > > >> all going pretty quickly - In a living memory time-span > > > > > > > > anyway :-) > > > > > > > > > >> Remember that the installation of Gentoo is not for the > > > > > > > > total newb, > > > > > > > > > >> but getting new packages and doing upgrades is totally ( > > > > > >> 99.999% > > > > > >> > > > > > >> :-) free of > > > > > >> > > > > > >> problems. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Note that the Gentoo Weekly News reports today that the > > > > > >> Gentoo system has been ported to the the Darwin Kernel on > > > > > >> PPC. > > > > > > > > You can now > > > > > > > > > >> have all your X11 based > > > > > >> toys _and_ Photoshop etc on the same machine without > > > > > >> rebooting! > > And the convenience of the Gentoo Portage system to install > and update > > you > > apps. > > > > -- > > C. S. > > > > > > > -- >
