[plug] distcc benchmark

[Mungo TheB]

>I agree, distcc does provide a gain, but its often minor, and is highly
>variable depending on a number of factors.

so far 2 against
yes just because a program does something, doesnt means it faster (windows? 
:)

>"emerge unmerge x" will uninstall the file, however if you are running
>ccache as well (and you should be if interested in compile performance),
>deinstall it whilst benchmarking distcc.  Also try and measure caching
>effects - you may need to reboot each machine between runs to get a
>clean run.

have used ccache yet (I dont think i'ld take much advantage of it)


>Doing this accurately and meaningfully is not as easy as it first seems

always the case
but thanks for the info atleast :)

MungoTheB

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