distcc fails with OOM error; should be able to retry operation with another host. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: Needs GCC to run out of memory when running on a distcc farm. Actual Results: When OOM happens, emerge via distcc fails. This can result in a huge amount of time wasted when building large applications such as OpenOffice. Expected Results: It should have tried again on a different distcc server.
There is a patch floating around on the 'net that fixes this. See: http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002440.html
Well, running out of memory to the extent that OOM is in action is really not a distcc bug. Also, there's no patch at the link you've posted.
Sorry, I must have input the wrong URL! The patch is contained within the URL as below: http://www.mail-archive.com/distcc@lists.samba.org/msg02174.html Thanks.
That patch is 2.5 years old. This is also an upstream issue and not a Gentoo specific problem. We can't make your volunteer machines get more memory.
