distributive build and xcode

[wnowak1]

I have a question regarding distributive build in xcode.
I have an xserve and a powerbook both running update versions of panther and xcode.

The xserve is set up to share for building with high priority...

I do programming on the powerbook and in xcode preferences I have enabled the option to: " Distribute builds to other shared computers" and there my xserve appears in the list.

When I do a build, it does not appear that the build is actually distributed. The project ends up compiling on my notbook which takes a minute or so. Now its not about time saving but having the feature work.

I can tell its not working because 1, the cpu lights on the front of the machine don't light up and 2, viewing the activity monitor the cpu usage is zero the whole time.

thanks

 

[anarchie]

Try downloading and building a big project like http://fire.sf.net. I don't think it activates if it decides it would take longer to transfer than to compile locally.

 

[Captain Code]

It won't distribute if there are less than about 50 files to compile. The compiled object files are quite big so I guess it doesn't make any difference and maybe slows it down if the project isn't that big.

 

[wnowak1]

I did try your suggestion on building fire, but it doesn't distribute the build.

I have on the server xcode configured on high priority to accept builds and on the client I have enabled to distribute the build. The server shows up in the list of available computers.