From: lintux AT dds DOT nl (Wilmer van der Gaast) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: virtual MUltiCPU - compiling on more than one computer Date: 17 Feb 2000 17:08:41 GMT Organization: WorldOnline - The Internet Communication Company Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <38AB74BF DOT 90DAECF8 AT caresystems DOT com DOT au> NNTP-Posting-Host: vp177-217.worldonline.nl X-Trace: nereid.worldonline.nl 950807526 18802 195.241.177.217 (17 Feb 2000 17:12:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster AT worldonline DOT nl NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Feb 2000 17:12:06 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.7 (UNIX) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:10:39 +1000, leon wrote: > was just wondering if the following situation was possible: > let's say i have a project (ala .exe) that is made up of several objects > (ala .o) > Thus there could be the case when compilation of one object is not > dependant on compilation of another object. > > It is possible then for make to run multiple compilers on SINGLE system > with multi CPU - that is certainly an advantage. > > THE QUESTION is however - is it possible already to have a situation > where multiple computers are connected via some network and each has a > compiler installed. Then make would be celver enough to call those > compilers on different *but connected through network* computers > instructing their compilers to compiel a given obejct, those are later > linked. AFAIK this is not possible with DOS/DJGPP, but at http://freshmeat.net/ you can find a PVM gmake (iirc) that allows you to compile a program distributed, using PVM. That works with Linux. -- Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl) ICQ 55707076 Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread :)