From emerge: >>> emerge (2 of 36) net-www/opera-7.50-r1 to / >>> Downloading http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/distfiles/!static? --03:36:15-- http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/distfiles/!static? => `/usr/portage/distfiles/!static' Connecting to 128.213.5.34:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 03:36:16 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading http://gentoo.llarian.net/distfiles/!static? --03:36:16-- http://gentoo.llarian.net/distfiles/!static? => `/usr/portage/distfiles/!static' Resolving gentoo.llarian.net... 209.221.142.124 Connecting to gentoo.llarian.net[209.221.142.124]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 03:36:16 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading !static? --03:36:17-- http://!static/? => `/usr/portage/distfiles/index.html' Resolving !static... failed: Host not found. >>> Downloading !static? --03:36:17-- http://!static/? => `/usr/portage/distfiles/index.html' Resolving !static... failed: Host not found. >>> Downloading !static? --03:36:17-- http://!static/? => `/usr/portage/distfiles/index.html' Resolving !static... failed: Host not found. >>> Downloading !static? --03:36:17-- http://!static/? => `/usr/portage/distfiles/index.html' Resolving !static... failed: Host not found. !!! Couldn't download !static?. Aborting. Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.25) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/tomcat/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/piwi/Filters /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache cvs sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://gentoo.llarian.net/" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.asia.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X acpi acpi4linux amd apache2 apm arts autofs avi berkdb bonobo canna cdr cjk crypt cups directfb dv dvb dvd dvdr encode esd flash foomaticdb freetype freewnn gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib irda irmc java joystick jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad matroska mikmod mmx motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg music mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcap pda pdflib perl png postgres prelude python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang snmp spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex transcode truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
either remove "cvs" from features or use the latest portage prerelease