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| -rw-r--r-- | cnf/make.conf | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf index 8f9650ee7..ca3938fc9 100644 --- a/cnf/make.conf +++ b/cnf/make.conf @@ -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 |