I googled a while but didn't find a (new) homepage. Maybe this software is not further developed?!
The packages.g.o page reflects the ebuild. If you feel there is an error in the ebuild then change product to Gentoo Linux and re-assign.
emerge fails (unable to get the sources) magic media # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge -vD easyftp Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-ftp/easyftp-6_beta to / !!! No write access to /usr/portage/distfiles/ !!! File easyFTPb6.tar isn't fetched but unable to get it. magic media # ------------------------------------------ wget fails ( http: error code 403: forbidden ) ( https: unauthorised, access denied ) magic media # wget http://backen.dyndns.org/files/easyFTPb6.tar --00:02:13-- http://backen.dyndns.org/files/easyFTPb6.tar => `easyFTPb6.tar' Aufl
emerge fails (unable to get the sources) magic media # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge -vD easyftp Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-ftp/easyftp-6_beta to / !!! No write access to /usr/portage/distfiles/ !!! File easyFTPb6.tar isn't fetched but unable to get it. magic media # ------------------------------------------ wget fails ( http: error code 403: forbidden ) ( https: unauthorised, access denied ) magic media # wget http://backen.dyndns.org/files/easyFTPb6.tar --00:02:13-- http://backen.dyndns.org/files/easyFTPb6.tar => `easyFTPb6.tar' Auflösen des Hostnamen »backen.dyndns.org«.... 85.226.117.135 Verbindungsaufbau zu backen.dyndns.org|85.226.117.135|:80... verbunden. HTTP Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 403 Forbidden 00:02:14 FEHLER 403: Forbidden. magic media # wget https://backen.dyndns.org/files/easyFTPb6.tar --no-check-certificate --00:09:48-- https://backen.dyndns.org/files/easyFTPb6.tar => `easyFTPb6.tar' Auflösen des Hostnamen »backen.dyndns.org«.... 85.226.117.135 Verbindungsaufbau zu backen.dyndns.org|85.226.117.135|:443... verbunden. WARNUNG: Fehler beim Prüfen des Zertifikates für backen.dyndns.org: unable to get local issuer certificate WARNUNG: Der Common Name »britney.millers.se« des Zertifikates entspricht nicht dem angeforderten Hostname »backen.dyndns.org«. HTTP Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 401 Unauthorized Authorisierung fehlgeschlagen. magic media # ------------------------------------------- Access (via browser) w/o https results in saying "use https:" using https results in a enter password dialog.
# emerge -f easyftp Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-ftp/easyftp-6_beta to / >>> Downloading ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/gentoo/gentoo/distfiles/easyFTPb6.tar --01:02:40-- ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/gentoo/gentoo/distfiles/easyFTPb6.tar => `/usr/portage/distfiles/easyFTPb6.tar' Resolving ftp.sh.cvut.cz... 147.32.127.222 Connecting to ftp.sh.cvut.cz|147.32.127.222|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /MIRRORS/gentoo/gentoo/distfiles ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR easyFTPb6.tar ... done. Length: 409,600 (400K) (unauthoritative) 100%[====================================================================================================>] 409,600 229.72K/s 01:02:42 (228.95 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/easyFTPb6.tar' saved [409600] >>> easyFTPb6.tar MD5 ;-) >>> easyFTPb6.tar size ;-) >>> checking ebuild checksums ;-) >>> checking auxfile checksums ;-) >>> checking miscfile checksums ;-) >>> checking easyFTPb6.tar ;-) And, this has nothing to do w/ packages.gentoo.org, as already explained once.
(In reply to comment #2) > !!! No write access to /usr/portage/distfiles/ I apologize! I should be more careful checking (mount) access rights before filing a bug... :-\