/usr/portage/sys-apps/debianutils # GENTOO_MIRRORS="" ebuild debianutils-4.8.3.ebuild fetch >>> Downloading 'http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.3.tar.xz' --2019-03-15 01:21:20-- http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.3.tar.xz Resolving ftp.be.debian.org... 2a05:7300:0:100::2, 195.234.45.114 Connecting to ftp.be.debian.org|2a05:7300:0:100::2|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2019-03-15 01:21:20 ERROR 404: Not Found. [..] !!! Couldn't download 'debianutils_4.8.3.tar.xz'. Aborting. /usr/portage/sys-apps/debianutils # ebuild debianutils-4.8.6.ebuild fetch >> Downloading 'http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.6.tar.xz' --2019-03-15 01:22:25-- http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.6.tar.xz Resolving ftp.uk.debian.org... 2001:1b40:5600:ff80:f8ee::1, 78.129.164.123 Connecting to ftp.uk.debian.org|2001:1b40:5600:ff80:f8ee::1|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2019-03-15 01:22:25 ERROR 404: Not Found. [..] !!! Couldn't download 'debianutils_4.8.6.tar.xz'. Aborting.
*** Bug 748096 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I don't think we really care if Debian removes the files from their servers.
(In reply to Mike Gilbert from comment #2) > I don't think we really care if Debian removes the files from their servers. So long as the file is actually in the Gentoo mirrors, that would be the case. For a recent attempt at installing debianutils 4.11.1, it wasn't...or at least it was gone from the mirror (mirrors.tds.net/gentoo) configured on the box that was failing. It doesn't appear to be an inactive mirror; the timestamp files within distfiles are dated from today. For whatever reason, the tarballs for this package aren't reliably getting propagated to at least some mirrors. Commenting out GENTOO_MIRRORS caused it to pull directly from distfiles.gentoo.org, which did have the file.
If a mirror is missing files, then contact the admin and/or stop using it.