[ARMedslack] Setting up distcc for cross compiling

[Stuart Winter]

> is there a good guide how to set up distcc to build to help building arm
> packages on my x86_64 and i486 hosts?

Yep.  Go back to the FTP site and download the script "dbuild" - I just
put it there.

> PS: Could the 128 MB RAM on my Dockstar be a problem, even if I use distcc?

Depends what you're compiling, but quite possibly, yes.
For example - compiling ruby on 256MB RAM took days because it was
constantly in swap; and building KDE is pretty much a no go.

In my opinion, for a build host, the best bet at the moment is a
SheevaPlug or one of the *Plug family -- preferably with an eSATA disc
attached.

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Stuart Winter
Slackware ARM: www.armedslack.org