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authorSimon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>2006-07-20 07:43:17 +0000
committerSimon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>2006-07-20 07:43:17 +0000
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note that there is the possibility to have a local rsync server; bug 141110
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@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@
# Synchronization is handled by rsync and these settings allow some control
# over how it is done.
#
-#
# SYNC is the server used by rsync to retrieve a localized rsync mirror
# rotation. This allows you to select servers that are geographically
# close to you, yet still distribute the load over a number of servers.
@@ -172,6 +171,11 @@
# Europe: "rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# Asia: "rsync://rsync.asia.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
# Australia: "rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
+#
+# If you have multiple Gentoo boxes, it is probably a good idea to have only
+# one of them sync from the rotations above. The other boxes can then rsync
+# from the local rsync server, reducing the load on the mirrors.
+#
#SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
#
# PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES sets the number of times portage will attempt to retrieve