Strange little problem. emerge keeps fetching (not downloading) the same file but doesn't seem to need to build it:
c2stable ~ # emerge -fDuN @world Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Fetching (1 of 1) gnome-base/gvfs-1.4.3-r1 * gvfs-1.4.3.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] c2stable ~ # emerge -DuN @world Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. c2stable ~ # emerge -fDuN @world Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Fetching (1 of 1) gnome-base/gvfs-1.4.3-r1 * gvfs-1.4.3.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] c2stable ~ # What controls this? I've tried removing the distfile. Then it downloads the file but still doesn't build it because, as you guessed, it's already installed: c2stable ~ # eix -I gvfs [I] gnome-base/gvfs Available versions: 1.2.3 1.4.3-r1 ~1.6.3 {archive avahi bash-completion bluetooth cdda debug doc fuse gdu gnome gnome-keyring gphoto2 hal +http iphone samba +udev} Installed versions: 1.4.3-r1(07:15:15 05/06/10)(gdu gnome http udev -archive -avahi -bash-completion -bluetooth -cdda -doc -fuse -gnome-keyring -gphoto2 -hal -samba) Homepage: http://www.gnome.org Description: GNOME Virtual Filesystem Layer c2stable ~ # Thanks, Mark