[Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

[Christian Roy]

This is in fact specified in /etc/make.conf.

The configuration line is SYNC="<SERVER>"

- Christian Roy

Eric Stein wrote:
> That is probably specified in /etc/make.conf.
> 
> Eric
> 
> Terry S wrote:
>> Well, it was a while ago...
>>
>> ...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a 
>> few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed 
>> reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer.
>>
>> After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing 
>> anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no 
>> longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no 
>> one seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with 
>> re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which 
>> took 2 days).
>>
>> I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have 
>> time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe 
>> not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. 
>> I have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right 
>> now, but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the 
>> next couple of weeks!
>>
>> Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my 
>> laptop. I might do that in the next week.
>>
>> Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network 
>> printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, 
>> then (fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, 
>> joy [sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't 
>> realize needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- 
>> and first I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and 
>> cleaned, because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I 
>> should just give up and shell out the $180 bucks!
>>
>> Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Terry S
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