sys-libs/timezone-data-2008g fails to emerge because the source URI-s do not exist. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --sync 2. emerge -aDu world Actual Results: # emerge -aDu world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] sys-libs/timezone-data-2008g [2008f] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/openrc-0.3.0-r1 [0.3.0] Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Starting parallel fetch >>> Emerging (1 of 2) sys-libs/timezone-data-2008g >>> Downloading 'http://adelie.polymtl.ca/distfiles/tzcode2008g.tar.gz' --2008-10-09 09:43:47-- http://adelie.polymtl.ca/distfiles/tzcode2008g.tar.gz Resolving adelie.polymtl.ca... 132.207.4.160 Connecting to adelie.polymtl.ca|132.207.4.160|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2008-10-09 09:43:47 ERROR 404: Not Found. ... the list goes on with other mirrors. Expected Results: Package to emerge correctly.
For me it worked with GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ " . Maybe it took a while until the file got distributed to the mirrors.
It's working now. Next time I'll wait a little more. :) Thanks.