'emerge hdf-java' fails with: ... >>> Downloading 'ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/distfiles/hdf-java-2.8-src.tar' --2012-11-24 16:48:24-- ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/distfiles/hdf-java-2.8-src.tar => '/net/caiman/usr/local/portage/distfiles_caiman/hdf-java-2.8-src.tar' Resolving ftp.easynet.nl (ftp.easynet.nl)... 195.86.128.57 Connecting to ftp.easynet.nl (ftp.easynet.nl)|195.86.128.57|:21... failed: Connection refused. >>> Downloading 'http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java/src/hdf-java-2.8-src.tar' --2012-11-24 16:48:25-- http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java/src/hdf-java-2.8-src.tar Resolving www.hdfgroup.org (www.hdfgroup.org)... 50.28.50.143 Connecting to www.hdfgroup.org (www.hdfgroup.org)|50.28.50.143|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2012-11-24 16:48:25 ERROR 404: Not Found. !!! Couldn't download 'hdf-java-2.8-src.tar'. Aborting. * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/hdf-java-2.8', Log file: At http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java/src/ I find only hdf-java-2.9-src.tar.
Hello, I bumped hdf-java to version 2.9. It's a quick bump, but seems to work (upstream doesn't ship a decent Changelog to see if some new features were added).
thanks andrew, lets close the bug then.