emerge -f parted fails in 1.4, it appears 1.6.4 has been pulled of the GNU mirrors, there are older and newer versions present. >>> Downloading ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-1.6.4.tar.gz --19:55:12-- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-1.6.4.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/parted-1.6.4.tar.gz' Resolving r5... done. Connecting to r5[10.5.5.1]:8080... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 503 WWWOFFLE Remote Host Error 19:55:14 ERROR 503: WWWOFFLE Remote Host Error. !!! Couldn't download parted-1.6.4.tar.gz. Aborting. !!! Fetch for /usr/portage/sys-apps/parted/parted-1.6.4.ebuild failed, continuing...
I'm currently restoring distfile backups, so this'll be on our mirrors - in the meantime, whoever maintains parted in Portage should fix the SRC_URI or commit a newer ebuild...
bumped 1.6.5 to stable
Thanks, it is solved