> ok, gotcha
>
> for downloading source tarballs you can specify the downloader command
> to use any command you like. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent
> option for rsync'ing the portage tree.
>
> As I said finding some way to alias the rsync command to womething like
>
> rsync -e ssh username@
>
> and you would need to set up public/private key pairs for the various
> users involved, so you could login non-interactively.
>
> hmmm sounds easier to run rsyncd, but no doubt you have your reasons :-)

The box in question is publicly accessible.  Why have another port open if I 
don't need to?  Besides, I can't get rsyncd to start correctly, so I was 
looking for alternatives.

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