note that there is the possibility to have a local rsync server; bug 141110

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=3966

diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf
index 8f9650ee73eca6a9a563b51705b0d17019621472..ca3938fc909fca6e1f9066c47ff96ea26d3f1e70 100644 (file)
--- 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