seems the SRC_URI is out of date. the tarball doesn't appear on debian's site anymore. maybe the URL should be changed to mirror://gentoo/ if debian's tarball isn't available anymore. >>> Downloading http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_1.16.7.tar.gz --16:42:24-- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_1.16.7.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/debianutils_1.16.7.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.debian.org... done. Connecting to ftp.debian.org[128.101.80.131]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 16:42:25 ERROR 404: Not Found. !!! Couldn't download debianutils_1.16.7.tar.gz. Aborting. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
done, thanks Alastair.