>> I don't exactly have a standard install (and so have $workpath/.home and
>> .tmp directories);
>
>Not sure what you mean by this. This is what MacPorts does by default...
Oh, I thought this was related to the fact I have set macportsuser to myself
(knowing the potential risks and all that).
>> is there normally a home dir for $macportsuser where one could put a
>> ~/.distcc/hosts file if desired? If not (or if those .home and .tmp
>> directories will be used anyway), shouldn't base at least copy or symlink to
>> that .distcc/hosts file in the $macportsuser home?
>
>You should be able to place the configuration files into
>${prefix}/opt/local/etc/distcc/
There are such files ($prefix/etc/distcc, evidently). But I've seen distcc
complain about $workpath/.home/.distcc and fail because of that. Need to
investigate further, apparently.
R.
