using an r17 CD during the bootstrap ncurses-5.2.20020112a fails with a message digest error. >>> emerge sys-libs/ncurses-5.2.20020112a to / !!! No message digest file found. !!! Maintainer: ebuild digest to update message digests. !!! emerge aborting on /usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-5.2.20020112a.ebuild .
The digest has been uploaded to cvs/rsync. Sorry for the inconvenience :)