[RULE] Automated SRPM build

[Billy Tallis]

On 5/19/05, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at mclink.it> wrote:
> On Thu, May 05, 2005 20:03:54 PM -0400, Billy Tallis
> (wtallis at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > I have lately toyed with the idea of rebuilding apps for my three
> > pentium-mmx systems. I have created an /etc/rpmrc file that makes
> > most rpmbuilds use the compilation flags I want, such as size
> > optimzations.  The problem is that I would like to have a somewhat
> > automated process for building packages that I can use on my three
> > machines with low memory. Does anyone here know of any tools that
> > would help? If not, I am prepared to write one, and that could
> > probably help the rule project somehow.
> 
> Billy,
> 
> first of all, sorry if I answered so late. Please keep us posted on
> any progress you make on this project. The ideal thing, if I may ask,
> is to format a summary of what you've done so we can post it on the
> RULE website, obviously under your name.
> 
> As far as suggestions are concerned, I can only say this: I remember
> that there is something (parallel make??) that can be used to launch
> different parts of the same compilation simultaneously on more
> machines. Maybe you might use it on your three boxes?
> 
> Ciao,
> Marco
> 
I have been a little busy with other things, so there has not been
much progress made. I will soon be posting the results of my
successful install of FC3 with slinky on one of the boxes. The other
does fine without it, but I may use slinky anyway in the future. The
third is a laptop for which a floppy drive has not yet been found, so
that may have to wait.

The software you are thinking of may be distcc, which does the actual
compilation over the network and yields the same results. This should
be trivial to use, since it can just replace the gcc binary and make
all compilations run over the network.

As for the timeliness of your response, the pace of this list suits me
just fine. It corresponds fairly well to how often I am able to do
serious work at home.

Thanks,
Billy

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