root[/usr/src] USE="X" emerge setiathome Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) sci-astronomy/setiathome-3.08-r4 to / >>> Downloading ftp://alien.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/setiathome-3.08.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar --18:34:56-- ftp://alien.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/setiathome-3.08.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar => `/usr/portage/distfiles/setiathome-3.08.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar' Resolving alien.ssl.berkeley.edu... 128.32.18.176 Connecting to alien.ssl.berkeley.edu[128.32.18.176]:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR setiathome-3.08.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar ... No such file `setiathome-3.08.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar'. !!! Couldn't download setiathome-3.08.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar. Aborting. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge sync 2.emerge setiathome 3. Portage 2.0.51.18 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r0, 2.6.11-rc5-ck1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-rc5-ck1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Feb 26 2005, 16:27:31)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r5 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/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/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoclean autoconfig ccache distlocks noinfo notitles sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.uni-c.dk/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gentoo/ ftp://rsync.gentoo.diku.dk http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 alsa dga fam flac imlib ithreads ncurses nptl nptlonly opengl pic qt rtc sdl userlocales xml" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LC_ALL
I have just successfully downloaded the file. It would appear that their server was possibly having some problems ealier, but it certainly works now.