diff --git a/community/distcc/PKGBUILD b/community/distcc/PKGBUILD
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+# $Id: PKGBUILD 59085 2009-11-20 06:29:43Z giovanni $
+# Maintainer: Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
+# Contributor: Giovanni Scafora <giovanni@archlinux.org>
+
+# PlugApps: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@plugapps.com>
+#  - added PYTHON env variable, we need python2 specifically
+
+plugrel=1
+
+pkgname=distcc
+pkgver=3.1
+pkgrel=3
+pkgdesc="A distributed C, C++, Obj C compiler"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://code.google.com/p/distcc/"
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('gcc' 'popt')
+makedepends=('gtk2' 'pkgconfig')
+optdepends=('gtk2: for distccmon-gnome')
+backup=(etc/conf.d/distccd)
+source=(http://distcc.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2 
+        distccd 
+        distccd.conf.d)
+md5sums=('a1a9d3853df7133669fffec2a9aab9f3' 
+         '1c918474372c09304772c20c4de484fa'
+         '89aaf6e9072092e283465a14e83f0f94')
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  PYTHON="/usr/bin/python2" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+              --with-gtk \
+              --sysconfdir=/etc \
+              --mandir=/usr/share/man || return 1
+  make || return 1
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}/" install || return 1
+  install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/distccd.conf.d ${pkgdir}/etc/conf.d/distccd
+  install -D -m755 ${srcdir}/distccd ${pkgdir}/etc/rc.d/distccd
+
+  install -d ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/bin
+  ln -sf /usr/bin/${pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/bin/cc
+  ln -sf /usr/bin/${pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/bin/gcc
+  ln -sf /usr/bin/${pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/bin/g++
+  ln -sf /usr/bin/${pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/bin/cpp
+}
diff --git a/community/distcc/distccd b/community/distcc/distccd
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -f /etc/conf.d/distccd ] && . /etc/conf.d/distccd
+
+. /etc/rc.conf
+. /etc/rc.d/functions
+
+PID=`pidof -o %PPID /usr/bin/distccd`
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    stat_busy "Starting distcc Daemon"
+    [ -z "$PID" ] && /usr/bin/distccd --daemon ${DISTCC_ARGS}
+    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      add_daemon distccd
+      stat_done
+    fi
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    stat_busy "Stopping distcc Daemon"
+    [ ! -z "$PID" ]  && kill $PID &> /dev/null
+    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      rm_daemon distccd
+      stat_done
+    fi
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    $0 stop
+    sleep 1
+    $0 start
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"  
+esac
+exit 0
diff --git a/community/distcc/distccd.conf.d b/community/distcc/distccd.conf.d
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+#
+# Parameters to be passed to distccd
+#
+# You must explicitly add IPs (or subnets) that are allowed to connect,
+# using the --allow switch.  See the distccd manpage for more info.
+#
+DISTCC_ARGS="--user nobody --allow 127.0.0.1"
+