====== Cross Compiling With ''distcc'' ======

===== Troubleshooting =====
The original guide seems not to work anymore. The problem is that the
requested cross compiler is not found by distccd. The following workaround
solves this issue: in ///etc/init.d/distccd// the ''PATH'' environment
variable is altered before starting the daemon. This is the full command:
<code>
TMPDIR="${TMPDIR}" \
PATH="$(gcc-config --get-bin-path):${PATH}" \
/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --startas ${DISTCCD_EXEC} \
--pidfile ${DISTCCD_PIDFILE} -- \
--pid-file ${DISTCCD_PIDFILE} -N
${DISTCCD_NICE} --user distcc \
${DISTCCD_OPTS}
</code>
the problem here is that ''gcc-config --get-bin-path'' only returns the search
path for the currently active profile, not all available profiles (the cross
compiler is a profile on it's own). So for every installed cross compiler
''gcc-config'' has to be called again given the correct profile number:
<code>
TMPDIR="${TMPDIR}" \
PATH="$(gcc-config --get-bin-path):$(gcc-config --get-bin-path 1):${PATH}" \
/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --startas ${DISTCCD_EXEC} \
--pidfile ${DISTCCD_PIDFILE} -- \
--pid-file ${DISTCCD_PIDFILE} -N
${DISTCCD_NICE} --user distcc \
${DISTCCD_OPTS}
</code>

===== Links =====
[[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml|The original Gentoo guide]]