The ebuild seems to be missing SRC_URI arrows to rename the distfile: v2.8.tar.gz
commit f38e27bab64943399aca9864138abdd76ea5e962 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Author: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: Wed May 31 14:53:08 2017 +0200 Commit: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> CommitDate: Wed May 31 14:53:33 2017 +0200 app-admin/needrestart: correct distfile name. Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/619858 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.5, Repoman-2.3.1 app-admin/needrestart/Manifest | 2 +- app-admin/needrestart/needrestart-2.8-r1.ebuild | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)