Translations:Handbook:Parts/Portage/Variables/25/en

When the requested information or data is not available on the system, portage will retrieve it from the Internet. The server locations for the various information and data channels are defined by the following variables:
 * GENTOO_MIRRORS defines a list of server locations which contain source code (distfiles)
 * PORTAGE_BINHOST defines a particular server location containing prebuilt packages for the system