Seems that dialog is outdated again, last version in portage is dialog-0.9b20030308-r1, and the newest availiable version is dialog-0.9b20030720.
Created attachment 16037 [details] ebuild for newest dialog
the SRC_URI is also outdated. debian is not providing the tarball anymore. >>> Downloading ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dialog/dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz --22:03:36-- ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dialog/dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.debian.org... done. Connecting to ftp.debian.org[208.185.25.38]:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /debian/pool/main/d/dialog ... done. ==> SIZE dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 88308 ... done. ==> RETR dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz ... No such file `dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz'. !!! Couldn't download dialog_0.9b-20030308.orig.tar.gz. Aborting.
closing, commited arched for a cuple of weeks