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problems, the error that blocked me from fixing anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again.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