>>> Downloading 'ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:12:26-- ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz => '/usr/portage/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' Resolving mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca... 129.97.134.71 Connecting to mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca|129.97.134.71|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying. --2014-10-13 17:13:29-- ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz (try: 2) => '/usr/portage/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' Connecting to mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca|129.97.134.71|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying. --2014-10-13 17:14:31-- ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz (try: 3) => '/usr/portage/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' Connecting to mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca|129.97.134.71|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Giving up. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:31-- http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.au.debian.org... 218.100.43.30 Connecting to ftp.au.debian.org|218.100.43.30|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:32 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:32-- http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.nz.debian.org... 202.8.47.148 Connecting to ftp.nz.debian.org|202.8.47.148|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:32 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.hr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:33-- http://ftp.hr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.hr.debian.org... 161.53.160.11, 2001:b68:ff:1::11 Connecting to ftp.hr.debian.org|161.53.160.11|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:33 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:33-- http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp2.jp.debian.org... 203.178.137.175 Connecting to ftp2.jp.debian.org|203.178.137.175|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:34 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:34-- http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.es.debian.org... 82.194.78.250 Connecting to ftp.es.debian.org|82.194.78.250|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:34 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.ba.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:34-- http://ftp.ba.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.ba.debian.org... 195.222.33.227 Connecting to ftp.ba.debian.org|195.222.33.227|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:35 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:35-- http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.mx.debian.org... 132.248.182.159 Connecting to ftp.mx.debian.org|132.248.182.159|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:36 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.ee.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:36-- http://ftp.ee.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.ee.debian.org... 195.80.123.154 Connecting to ftp.ee.debian.org|195.80.123.154|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:36 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:36-- http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.at.debian.org... 213.129.232.18, 2001:858:2:1::10 Connecting to ftp.at.debian.org|213.129.232.18|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:36 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz' --2014-10-13 17:15:36-- http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz Resolving ftp.hk.debian.org... 202.134.73.139 Connecting to ftp.hk.debian.org|202.134.73.139|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-10-13 17:15:37 ERROR 404: Not Found. etc ad nauseam
Three gentoo mirrors I checked all had the file, e.g. it's available at http://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/whois_5.1.5.tar.xz for me. Perhaps the waterloo mirror got bit by the master distfiles reboot issue detailed on the gentoo-mirrors list that occurred a few weeks ago and hasn't rsynced all deleted distfiles back.