nhh221 ~ # mirrorselect -a -s3 -b10 Downloading a list of mirrors... Removing IPV6 Only Servers... Usage: host [-aCdlrTwv] [-c class] [-n] [-N ndots] [-t type] [-W time] [-R number] hostname [server] -a is equivalent to -v -t * -c specifies query class for non-IN data -C compares SOA records on authoritative nameservers -d is equivalent to -v -l lists all hosts in a domain, using AXFR -i Use the old IN6.INT form of IPv6 reverse lookup -N changes the number of dots allowed before root lookup is done -r disables recursive processing -R specifies number of retries for UDP packets -t specifies the query type -T enables TCP/IP mode -v enables verbose output -w specifies to wait forever for a reply -W specifies how long to wait for a reply Running netselect to determine mirrors, this might take a moment... Splitting into blocks of 10. Please note that the smaller the block size the longer this takes... netselect: unknown host Cleaning tmp files and preparing to select fastest servers... VHOST entries have been removed. This list might be shorter than expected Found 3 Mirrors: http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo Updating /etc/make.conf Mirrors set successfully Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. nhh221 ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode f77 foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib innodb java jpeg kde libg++ libwww linguas_de mad mbox mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
*** Bug 52205 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
this is caused by a sprurious entry in the hosts page. ftp:/// as a matter of fact. this has been fixed in 0.85 and should hit portage soon.
