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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:23:57 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: Compiling Packages
Message-ID:  <20040310182357.GA1627@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <u2s3c8h3pez.fsf@pelleg.org>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.58.0403100540560.3804@Treneq> <20040310110526.GA94997@xor.obsecurity.org> <u2s3c8h3pez.fsf@pelleg.org>

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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:35:48AM -0500, Dan Pelleg wrote:

> > What would be useful is multiple (e.g. at least half a dozen) fast
> > machines with good network connectivity.  Individual machines aren't
> > much help, I'm afraid.  Thanks for the offer though.
> >
>=20
> Just a thought - a distcc based system should be able to take advantage of
> such offers. (No, I'm not volunteering to set one up).

Many packages cannot be built with distcc (I tried), and network
latency would be a big handicap for using remote machines.  Then there
are the security concerns, etc.

Kris

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