octopus ~ # emerge --sync
>>> Starting rsync with rsync://140.211.166.165/gentoo-portage...
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
[Errno 8] Exec format error:
   /usr/bin/rsync --recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --verbose rsync://140.211.166.165/gentoo-portage/metadata/timestamp.chk /var/tmp/timestamp.chk

!!! Rsync has reported that there is a syntax error. Please ensure
!!! that your SYNC statement is proper.
!!! SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage