'emerge -uvDN root' fails with: root@dog:/root(3)# emerge -vuDN root These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sci-physics/root-5.34.00::science USE="X doc emacs examples fftw fits graphviz kerberos ldap math mpi mysql odbc opengl postgres python qt4 reflex ssl xft xml -afs -avahi -c++0x -clarens -htmldoc -openmp -oracle (-prefix) -pythia6 -pythia8 -ruby -xinetd -xrootd" 63,808 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 63,808 kB >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sci-physics/root-5.34.00 from science >>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz' --2012-06-21 10:43:03-- http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz Resolving distfiles.gentoo.org (distfiles.gentoo.org)... 156.56.247.195, 216.165.129.135, 64.50.233.100, ... Connecting to distfiles.gentoo.org (distfiles.gentoo.org)|156.56.247.195|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2012-06-21 10:43:03 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'ftp://root.cern.ch/root/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz' --2012-06-21 10:43:03-- ftp://root.cern.ch/root/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz' Resolving root.cern.ch (root.cern.ch)... 128.142.194.39 Connecting to root.cern.ch (root.cern.ch)|128.142.194.39|:21... failed: Connection timed out. Retrying. --2012-06-21 10:44:04-- ftp://root.cern.ch/root/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz (try: 2) => `/usr/portage/distfiles/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz' Connecting to root.cern.ch (root.cern.ch)|128.142.194.39|:21... failed: Connection timed out. Retrying. --2012-06-21 10:45:06-- ftp://root.cern.ch/root/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz (try: 3) => `/usr/portage/distfiles/root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz' Connecting to root.cern.ch (root.cern.ch)|128.142.194.39|:21... failed: Connection timed out. Giving up. !!! Couldn't download 'root_v5.34.00.source.tar.gz'. Aborting. * Fetch failed for 'sci-physics/root-5.34.00', Log file: * '/var/tmp/portage/sci-physics/root-5.34.00/temp/build.log' >>> Failed to emerge sci-physics/root-5.34.00, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/sci-physics/root-5.34.00/temp/build.log'
( You could be right, maybe we should standardise on a canonical ::$REPO for bug reports about overlay ebuilds/eclasses/profiles. )
nothing we can do about it, it is upstream problem: go to root.cern.ch and check by yourself. only patience till they recover the site.