Cannot emerge blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01 for the following reason: # emerge =dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01 Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01 to / >>> Unpacking source... !!! ERROR: dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 53, Exitcode 0 !!! Failed to get offset of tarball! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. There is a function get_offset in the ebuild, that seems to be broken. It returns an empty string. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01 # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4,dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/python-2.1.3-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Jun 7 2004, 16:03:53)] distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4, 2.2.3-r5, 2.1.3-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.9.3, 1.7.9, 1.6.3, 1.8.5-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /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/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks prelink sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp6.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://gentoo.math.bme.hu http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tiscali.nl/pub/mirror/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://lisa.cs.uni-potsdam.de/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cscope cups curl dba doc dvd encode ethereal f77 faad fbcon firebird foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib2 ipv6 java jikes jpeg kde lcms lesstif libwww mad mbox mikmod mmx motif mpeg mpeg3 ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png ppds python qt quicktime readline sasl sdl spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd threads tiff truetype unicode usb wxwindows xface xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xv zlib"
please rsync and try again
Thanks - works now :)
