Bug 672900

Summary:	Fetch failed for 'net-libs/serf-1.3.8-r1'
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marius Glauser <marius+bug>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marius Glauser 2018-12-10 21:02:59 UTC

"emerge net-libs/serf" throws a fetch error:

>>> Downloading 'http://artfiles.org/apache.org/serf/serf-1.3.8.tar.bz2'
--2018-12-10 21:51:28--  http://artfiles.org/apache.org/serf/serf-1.3.8.tar.bz2
Resolving artfiles.org... 80.252.110.38, 2a00:1f78:af:11::2
Connecting to artfiles.org|80.252.110.38|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-12-10 21:51:28 ERROR 404: Not Found.

There are only files for version 1.3.9 on http://apache.mirrors.hoobly.com/serf/

Comment 1 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-12-10 21:31:29 UTC

Please set your GENTOO_MIRRORS variable in make.conf to a valid value (that's not blank) and you will be able to download 1.3.8-r*.

The files are mirrored in Gentoo for this exact purpose when upstreams feel all old versions should be pulled.

Comment 2 Marius Glauser 2018-12-10 22:30:29 UTC

Thank you for the solution!

I had the GENTOO_MIRRORS point to http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ which was decommissioned some time ago.

I now switched to https://mirror.init7.net/gentoo/ and the install works.

BTW: This new mirror is not listed in https://gentoo.org/downloads/mirrors/. Who is responsible for this list?