lol...hmm...maybe it makes no sense. Now for somebody to share how toThe problem is: Technically it would be possible to circumvent fetch restrictions, but it
disable it...plleeaaassseee? (if possible) :-D
would typically be illegal (that's why the Gentoo folks enabled fetch restrictions in the first).
For example, AFAIK the j2sdk may be downloaded for free from java.sun.com, however
you are not allowed to redistribute it yourself on a server (at least not without Sun's
permission), and thus they can't just put it on a Gentoo(-related) server where Portage can
retrieve it via FTP.
The reason why Sun does this is, among other things, so that they can "force" you to read
their licensing conditions.
If it bothers you much since it disrupts updates, just always do an emerge with the -p option first,
and look for packages marked with a capital F. emerge -f <package> will then tell you where to
get the required file(s). Download them manually and put them into /usr/portage/distfiles.
When you've got all those files, you should be able to run emerge without further troubles.
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