Sam have you added the following to the end of your /etc/make.conf file? GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo/" SYNC="rsync://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo-portage" If not try it and then try to emerge system again Samuel MacDonald wrote: > So when I > ftp ftp.perl.org > cd pub > no /pub/CPAN directory exists in > > I looked in... > /pub/mirrors/CPAN/src > no "perl-5.8.0.tar.gz" exists, a "perl-5.8.1.tar.gz" exists > > I do believe perl.org has changed something or Gentoo.org need to fix > the code that is being used. > > Sam. > > Samuel MacDonald wrote: > >> Now I'm POed this really makes installing Gentoo impossible. >> If the site is suppose to have the software on it, it should be there. >> >> Can I just start the "emerge system" again? >> >> This is the problem as it is displayed... >> >> Resolving ftp.perl.org ... done. >> Connecting to ftp.perl.org[209.221.142.118]:21... connected. >> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! >> ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. >> ==>TYPE I ...done. ==> CWD /pub/CPAN/src ... done. >> ==> PASV .. done. ==>RETR perl-5.8.0.tar.gz ... >> No such file 'Perl-5.8.0.tar.gz . >> !!! Couldn't download Perl-5.8.0.tar.gz Aborting. >> >> >> Sam. >> >> >> Samuel MacDonald wrote: >> >>> emerge system >>> >>> Sam. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list