Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of WebKitGTK/SpeedUpBuild

Timestamp:

Nov 27, 2013, 3:48:05 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

Manuel Rego Casasnovas

Comment:

Add documentation about icecc

WebKitGTK/SpeedUpBuild

@@ -50 +50 @@
 #!sh
 $ which gcc
-/usr/lib64/ccache/gcc
+/usr/lib/ccache/gcc
 $ which g++
-/usr/lib64/ccache/g++
-}}}
-
- * If that's not the case you can just create symlinks in a bin directory with precedence over all the other ones, like ''~/bin'':
-{{{
-#!sh
-$ mkdir ~/bin
-$ ln -s /usr/bin/ccache gcc
-$ ln -s /usr/bin/ccache g++
-$ export PATH=$(HOME)/bin:$PATH
+/usr/lib/ccache/g++
+}}}
+
+ * If that's not the case you can prepend `/usr/lib/ccache/` to PATH:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache/:$PATH
 }}}
 
@@ -187 +184 @@
 
 That will instruct distcc to search for distccd servers using avahi.
+
+== icecc ==
+
+[https://github.com/icecc/icecream Icecream] was created by SUSE based on distcc. Like distcc, Icecream takes compile jobs from a build and distributes it among remote machines allowing a parallel build. But unlike distcc, Icecream uses a central server that dynamically schedules the compile jobs to the fastest free server. This advantage pays off mostly for shared computers, if you're the only user on x machines, you have full control over them.
+
+=== icecc scheduler ===
+
+ * Install it:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ sudo apt-get install icecc
+}}}
+
+ * Configure scheduler to start by default (see `/usr/share/doc/icecc/README.Debian`):
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ sudo update-rc.d icecc-scheduler defaults
+}}}
+
+Some considerations:
+ * You should have only one scheduler in your network.
+ * The scheduler and one of the daemons can be in the same host.
+
+=== icecc daemon(s) ===
+
+ * Install it:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ sudo apt-get install icecc
+}}}
+
+ * You can install icecc monitor too:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ sudo apt-get install icecc-monitor
+}}}
+
+ * Make sure you integrate it seamlessly with ccache by defining the CCACHE_PREFIX variable:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ export CCACHE_PREFIX=icecc
+}}}
+
+ * Make sure you have your PATH properly configured:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH
+}}}
+
+ * Then compile WebKit normally:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --gtk
+}}}