distcc problem - Gentoo client - Debian sarge server

["Tony" <tony@sequeira.org.uk>]

Hi all,

Attempting to speed up my laptop Pentium II emerges. Set up distcc as
specified in the Gentoo guide:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml

Installed distcc on the Debian (galaxy) machine and started the daemon.


Kicked off the emerge, and got the following:

i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..
-DMAGIC=\"/usr/share/misc/file/magic\" -O3 -march=pentium2
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -c softmagic.c -MT softmagic.lo -MD -MP
-MF .deps/softmagic.TPlo  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/softmagic.lo
distccd[1943] (dcc_execvp) ERROR: failed to exec i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc:
No
such file or directory
distcc[11652] ERROR: compile ascmagic.c on fireball failed with exit
code 110
distccd[5806] (dcc_execvp) ERROR: failed to exec i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc:
No
such file or directory
distcc[11660] ERROR: compile softmagic.c on galaxy failed with exit
code 110
make[2]: *** [softmagic.lo] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [ascmagic.lo] Error 1
distccd[5807] (dcc_execvp) ERROR: failed to exec i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc:
No
such file or directory
distcc[11648] ERROR: compile apprentice.c on galaxy failed with exit
code 110
make[2]: *** [apprentice.lo] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/file-4.13/work/file-4.13'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: sys-apps/file-4.13 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 53, Exitcode 2
!!! emake failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status

message.


Been googling for a few days, and came to the (possibly erroneous)
conclusion that I need a cross compiler on the Debian box? Am I right?
I cannot find any relevant Debian package that fits the bill.
 
Any ideas, answers please?