goliath root # emerge -up tcsh These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] app-shells/tcsh-6.12-r3 goliath root # emerge -ub tcsh Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-shells/tcsh-6.12-r3 to / >>> Downloading http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/distfiles/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz --10:28:32-- http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/distfiles/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz => `/opt/no_archive/portage/distfiles/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz' Connecting to 128.213.5.34:80... failed: Connection refused. >>> Downloading ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz --10:28:32-- ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz => `/opt/no_archive/portage/distfiles/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.astron.com... 204.80.150.14 Connecting to ftp.astron.com[204.80.150.14]:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/tcsh ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz ... No such file `tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz'. !!! Couldn't download tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz. Aborting. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-amd64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 x86_64 5 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/resin/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /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/lib/jboss /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC" DISTDIR="/opt/no_archive/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache distlocks" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/opt/no_archive/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa amd64 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt doc encode esd f77 foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww log4cpp mikmod motif mozilla mpeg multilib mysql nas ncurses nls nogcj oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png postgres python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex truetype usb wxwindows xinerama xml2 xmms xv zlib"
add more mirrors. you may want to try mirrorselect tool. tcsh is availiable for example here: ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/tcsh-6.12.00.tar.gz
fixed to refer to gentoo mirrors only. Did version bump too. Thanks for the bug report.