shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2 doesn't exist on the provided site, only File: shadow-4.0.13.tar.bz2 would be present :-) ---- >>> emerge (1 of 31) sys-apps/pam-login-4.0.12 to / >>> Downloading http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html/distfiles/shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2 --18:37:55-- http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html/distfiles/shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2 => `/usr/portage/distfiles/shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2' Resolving ibiblio.org... 152.2.210.80 Connecting to ibiblio.org|152.2.210.80|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 18:38:17 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2 --18:38:17-- ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2 => `/usr/portage/distfiles/shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2' Resolving ftp.pld.org.pl... 153.19.33.250 Connecting to ftp.pld.org.pl|153.19.33.250|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /software/shadow ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2 ... No such file `shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2'. !!! Couldn't download shadow-4.0.12.tar.bz2. Aborting.
Works fine here, change your mirrors.
Yes, that fixed it, thanks. (I sit in Europe and used ibiblio.org as recommended, though, now I am using a Japanese mirror instead)