currently returns error --2009-08-23 20:04:56-- ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/live.2009.06.02.tar.gz (try: 4) => `/usr/portage/distfiles/live.2009.06.02.tar.gz' Connecting to mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk|194.117.143.71|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying. --2009-08-23 20:05:00-- ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/live.2009.06.02.tar.gz (try: 5) => `/usr/portage/distfiles/live.2009.06.02.tar.gz' Connecting to mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk|194.117.143.71|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Giving up. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. as mirror 2. emerge package 3. Actual Results: ftp error Expected Results: no error emerging mirrorselect and running -d accepting the defaults has given me a working portage sync. I guess that the mirror was hard coded many years ago incorrectly.
Hmm, I don't see this mirror in the mirrors2.xml file anymore. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml I'll close this bug because there is nothing to do here.