>>> Fetching zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2... >>> Trying site http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2... --00:11:22-- http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2 => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2' Resolving www.ibiblio.org... done. Connecting to www.ibiblio.org[152.2.210.81]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 00:11:22 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Trying site ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2... --00:11:22-- ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2 => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2' Resolving ftp.freesoftware.com... failed: Host not found. !!! Couldn't download zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2. Aborting. Manually browsing the distfiles I see: zlib-1.1.3.tar.gz 07-Mar-2002 01:57 165k GZIP compressed document but not 1.1.4.
This seems like a DNS issue at your end. It should go into the ibiblio mirrors at some point. But in the meantime, I can resolve that ftp.freesoftware.com, whereas it seems as though you were unable to. Odd, that.