I am using distcc for compiling within my network. In order to limit the load on my main system I went to set the --jobs flag in the /etc/conf.d/distccd and put it in the DISTCC_OPTS variable. DISTCCD_OPTS="${DISTCCD_OPTS} --port 3632 --jobs 1 The result is that two distccd instances are created and not the one that is expected. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set DISTCCD_OPTS="${DISTCCD_OPTS} --port 3632 --jobs 1 in /etc/conf.d/distccd 2. restart distccd Actual Results: storri@base ~/src/rosegarden $ ps aux | grep distcc distcc 11444 0.0 0.1 1996 712 ? SNs 18:35 0:00 /usr/bin/distccd --pid-file /var/run/distccd/distccd.pid -N 15 --user distcc --port 3632 --jobs 1 --log-level critical --allow 10.0.0.0/24 --listen 10.0.0.26 distcc 11680 0.0 0.1 1996 732 ? SN 18:41 0:00 /usr/bin/distccd --pid-file /var/run/distccd/distccd.pid -N 15 --user distcc --port 3632 --jobs 1 --log-level critical --allow 10.0.0.0/24 --listen 10.0.0.26 Expected Results: Only one instance of distccd should be created. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 28 2005, 00:05:24)] distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fno-rename-registers" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fno-rename-registers" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl eds emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib ipv6 jack java jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic plotutils png postgres python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
The first one is the main distcc daemon that gets started and handles the incoming connections. The other one is the child that handles the one job you want with --jobs 1.
