Tried to update system this morning, but could not update sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i as I could not download tzdata2007i.tar.gz from the portage mirror. I tried on three different systems all with the same result. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --sync 2. emerge -uD --newuse world 3. Fetch failed for 'sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i' Actual Results: agent ~ # emerge --sync -q && emerge -uD --newuse world && /etc/init.d/postfix restart timed out rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(244) [receiver=2.6.9] >>> Retrying... >>> Starting retry 1 of 3 with rsync://81.223.20.162/gentoo-portage >>> >>> Timestamps on the server and in the local repository are the same. >>> Cancelling all further sync action. You are already up to date. >>> >>> In order to force sync, remove '/usr/portage/metadata/timestamp.chk'. >>> Calculating world dependencies... done! >>> Verifying ebuild Manifests... >>> starting parallel fetching >>> Emerging (1 of 17) sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i to / >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' --07:52:24-- http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.snt.utwente.nl... 130.89.175.1, 2001:610:1908:8000::175:1 Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|130.89.175.1|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 07:52:24 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' --07:52:24-- ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.snt.utwente.nl... 130.89.175.1, 2001:610:1908:8000::175:1 Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|130.89.175.1|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR tzdata2007i.tar.gz ... No such file `tzdata2007i.tar.gz'. >>> Downloading 'ftp://mirror.scarlet-internet.nl/pub/gentoo/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' --07:52:24-- ftp://mirror.scarlet-internet.nl/pub/gentoo/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' Resolving mirror.scarlet-internet.nl... 213.204.195.9 Connecting to mirror.scarlet-internet.nl|213.204.195.9|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/gentoo/distfiles ... No such directory `pub/gentoo/distfiles'. >>> Downloading 'ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' --07:52:24-- ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007i.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' Resolving elsie.nci.nih.gov... 137.187.215.78 Connecting to elsie.nci.nih.gov|137.187.215.78|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR tzdata2007i.tar.gz ... No such file `tzdata2007i.tar.gz'. !!! Couldn't download 'tzdata2007i.tar.gz'. Aborting. * Fetch failed for 'sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i' * Messages for package sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i: * Fetch failed for 'sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i' Expected Results: Installed timezone data agent ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.20-gentoo-r7 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r7 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:16:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://mirror.scarlet-internet.nl/pub/gentoo " MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 apache2 bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts boundschecking bzip2 clamav cli cracklib crypt curl curlwrappers dri ethereal gd gdbm gif gmp gpm hal hardened hardenedphp iconv ieee1394 imagemagick imap ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg ldap logrotate midi mime mmap mudflap mysql ncurses netbmp nolvmstatic nptl nptlonly ntlm offensive openmp pam pcre perl php png ppds pppd python readline reflection samba session slang spl ssl tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vhosts xml xorg zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i810 mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Updated /etc/portage/package.keywords and added ~amd64 to the =sys-libs/timezone-data-2007j atom and that merges ok.
$ emerge -f --nodeps =sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i to / >>> Downloading 'http://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' --08:41:29-- http://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' Resolving gentoo.osuosl.org... 64.50.236.52 Connecting to gentoo.osuosl.org|64.50.236.52|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 162,977 (159K) [application/x-gzip] 100%[==================================================================================================>] 162,977 156.36K/s 08:41:31 (156.03 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/tzdata2007i.tar.gz' saved [162977/162977]
Looks like you tried to grab something before it'd been mirrored onto those distfiles mirrors - there can be a 4-24 hour lag depending on whether its an official distfiles mirror or not :) Fixed now, marking as such.
*** Bug 214739 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***