bob wrote:
> As root I performed the "emerge sqeed" (sqeed, not speed) command.
> emerge downloaded the file and the md5 checksum matched. Upon
> attempting to extract the file, the portage system reported that the .gz
> file was not actually a .gz file. I examined the downloaded .gz file in
> /usr/portage/distfile and saw that it is a 65 byte file that is actually
> a short bit of html code, like a part of a 404 message or a page redirect.
> Can someone else try to emerge this on their system and see if the
> results are the same? Thank you.

I get the exact same results, with this as the content of the file:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://404.cjb.net/">


cjb.net is a provider of (suprise!) free URL redirects