Re: guix package build: can distcc be used?

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 at 18:21, Adam Faiz <adam.faiz@disroot.org> wrote:

> It's unknown whether implementing usage of distcc and enabling it in 
> `guix build` will affect bit-for-bit reproducibility of packages.

The question is how isolated the distributed computational environments
are.

> The distcc feature request and adding distcc to guix's dependency 
> closure and should be discussed further on guix-devel before implementing.

Personally, I am missing what distcc brings compared to the current
Guix offload mechanism.  Could you (distcc user) elaborate?


Cheers,
simon