dev-db/mysql-4.0.18 doesn't respect the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable in make.conf See below: >>> emerge (5 of 42) dev-db/mysql-4.0.18 to / >>> Downloading http://mysql.mirror.widexs.nl/Downloads/MySQL-4.0/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz --05:11:35-- http://mysql.mirror.widexs.nl/Downloads/MySQL-4.0/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz' Resolving mysql.mirror.widexs.nl... failed: Host not found. >>> Downloading http://mysql.mirrored.ca/Downloads/MySQL-4.0/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz --05:11:35-- http://mysql.mirrored.ca/Downloads/MySQL-4.0/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz' Resolving mysql.mirrored.ca... failed: Host not found. >>> Downloading http://www.fhh.opensource-mirror.de/mysql.org/Downloads/MySQL-4.0/mysql-4.0.18.tar.gz in make.conf is a line like: GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mylocalmirror http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" But portage doesn't look on my mirror for the mysql files. Johnny Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
please consult man 5 portage. your local mirror should be in /etc/portage/mirrors as a 'local' entry.
SRC_URI="mirror://mysql/Downloads/${SDIR}/${NEWP}.tar.gz" > /etc/portage/mirrors. From `man portage`: > You may also set a special mirrortype called "local". This > list of mirrors will be checked before GENTOO_MIRRORS and > be used even if the package has RESTRICT="nomirror".