.br
Defaults to ${PORTDIR}/rpm.
.TP
+\fBSYNC\fR = \fI[RSYNC]\fR
+Insert your preferred rsync mirror here. This rsync server
+is used to sync the local portage tree when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.
+
+Note that the \fBSYNC\fR variable is now deprecated, and instead the
+sync\-type and sync\-uri attributes in repos.conf should be used. See
+\fBportage\fR(5) for more information.
+
+Defaults to rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo\-portage
+.RS
+.TP
+.B Usage:
+(rsync|ssh)://[username@]hostname[:port]/(module|path)
+.TP
+.B Examples:
+rsync://private\-mirror.com/portage\-module
+.br
+rsync://rsync\-user@private\-mirror.com:873/gentoo\-portage
+.br
+ssh://ssh\-user@192.168.0.1:22/usr/portage
+.br
+ssh://ssh\-user@192.168.0.1:22/\\${HOME}/portage\-storage
+.TP
+Note: For the ssh:// scheme, key\-based authentication might be of interest.
+.RE
+.TP
\fBUNINSTALL_IGNORE\fR = \fI[space delimited list of fnmatch patterns]\fR
This variable prevents uninstallation of files that match
specific \fBfnmatch\fR(3) patterns. In order to ignore file