[distcc] distcc usage problem on debian/ubuntu

[Ilya V. Storozhilov]

Hi All! Hi Fergus!

Really need to use distcc in my environment but after
installing/configuring distcc from packages either on Debian Squeeze or
Ubuntu Natty following error message appeared while trying to compile my
staff:

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...
g++ -o src/lib/Connection.o -c -g -Wall -pthread -Iinclude
-I/usr/include/libxml++-2.6 -I/usr/lib/libxml++-2.6/include
-I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/glibmm-2.4
-I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0
-I/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
-I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include src/lib/Connection.cxx
distcc[8257] (dcc_get_top_dir) Warning: HOME is not set; can't find distcc
directory
distcc[8257] (dcc_get_top_dir) Warning: HOME is not set; can't find distcc
directory
distcc[8257] (dcc_zeroconf_add_hosts) CRITICAL! failed to get zeroconf dir.

distcc[8257] (dcc_build_somewhere) Warning: failed to distribute, running
locally instead
distcc[8257] (dcc_get_top_dir) Warning: HOME is not set; can't find distcc
directory
distcc[8257] (dcc_lock_one) ERROR: failed to lock
distcc[8257] (dcc_get_top_dir) Warning: HOME is not set; can't find distcc
directory
...
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It looks really strange, cause HOME environment variable is set correctly
and no zeroconf requested on distcc launch.
distcc version is:

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***@devel:~/$ distcc --version
distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
(protocols 1, 2 and 3) (default port 3632)
built Dec 6 2010 05:19:08
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 by Martin Pool.
Includes miniLZO (C) 1996-2002 by Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer.
Portions Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Google.

distcc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. distcc is free software, and
you may use, modify and redistribute it under the terms of the GNU
General Public License version 2 or later.

Built with Zeroconf support.

Please report bugs to ***@lists.samba.org
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distcc environment is:

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***@devel:~/$ set | grep DISTCC
DISTCC_DIR=/home/illy/.distcc
DISTCC_HOSTS=localhost
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I've checked out 'int dcc_get_top_dir(char **path_ret)' method from
'src/tempfile.c' file of distcc 3.1 source code - it looks reasonable.

Would you like to give me a small advise how to make it work correctly?
Sorry if it is not problem of distcc but Linux distribution itself. Thank
you!