distcc 2.17 - Editor Notes: The installation procedure req

distcc is a program to distribute builds of C, C++, Objective C or Objective C++ code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local build, is simple to install and use, and is often two or more times faster than a local compile. distcc does not require all machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized clocks, or to have the same libraries or header files installed. They can even have different processors or operating systems, if cross-compilers are installed. What's New: Version 2.17: Performance improvements for distccmon-gnome. Added timeous for connection to servers, transmission of jobs and remote compilation. If the timeout expires, the job is run locally. This should make distcc cope better if some or all of the servers are unreachable or failing. Also add timeouts in server to kick out stalled or disconnected clients. If remote compilation fails because of a signal in a later phase of the compilation causing an exit with code >=128, retry compilation locally. Patch from Jakub Stachowski.