links2_*.debian.tar.(gz|xz) contains directory "debian". The last version of www-client/links which was using something from Debian tarball was www-client/links-2.10. It was deleted in: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=90c198eaf22ad2c8e2a1d351c9395f7c5065ecf0 It contained: src_prepare() { epatch "${WORKDIR}"/debian/patches/verify-ssl-certs-510417.diff www-client/links-2.11 was added in: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=ae9a9cc99a788a4418b0e041f29b0b69ca261640 It was no longer using anything from Debian tarball, but it still had Debian tarball in SRC_URI.
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The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=dea27ee49a7249671a36458768d038301b99396d commit dea27ee49a7249671a36458768d038301b99396d Author: Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@Apache.Org> AuthorDate: 2018-09-16 16:23:34 +0000 Commit: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-09-16 21:31:45 +0000 www-client/links: drop debian tarball. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/666346 www-client/links/Manifest | 2 -- www-client/links/links-2.14-r1.ebuild | 5 +---- www-client/links/links-2.16.ebuild | 6 +----- www-client/links/links-2.17.ebuild | 6 +----- 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)