Steps to reproduce:
1. Try to build gnome 2.14 using garnome


Stack trace:
make[10]: Entering directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/bootstrap/freetype'
--21:35:52--  http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
           => `download/partial/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2'
Resolving savannah.nongnu.org... 199.232.41.4
Connecting to savannah.nongnu.org|199.232.41.4|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--21:36:24--  http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
  (try: 2) => `download/partial/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2'
Connecting to savannah.nongnu.org|199.232.41.4|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--21:36:56--  http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
  (try: 3) => `download/partial/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2'
Connecting to savannah.nongnu.org|199.232.41.4|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--21:37:29--  http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
  (try: 4) => `download/partial/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2'
Connecting to savannah.nongnu.org|199.232.41.4|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--21:38:03--  http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
  (try: 5) => `download/partial/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2'
Connecting to savannah.nongnu.org|199.232.41.4|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Giving up.

make[10]: ***
[http//savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2] Error 1
make[10]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/bootstrap/freetype'
        ==> Trying
http//ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/freetype/2.1/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
make[10]: Entering directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/bootstrap/freetype'
--21:38:33-- 
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/freetype/2.1/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
           => `download/partial/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2'
Resolving ftp.gnome.org... 130.239.18.173, 130.239.18.137, 130.239.18.142, ...
Connecting to ftp.gnome.org|130.239.18.173|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
21:38:33 ERROR 404: Not Found.

make[10]: ***
[http//ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/freetype/2.1/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2] Error 1
make[10]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/bootstrap/freetype'
*** GAR GAR GAR!  Failed to download download/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2!  GAR GAR
GAR! ***
make[9]: *** [download/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2] Error 1
make[9]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/bootstrap/freetype'
make[8]: *** [../../bootstrap/freetype/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[8]: Leaving directory
`/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/freedesktop/fontconfig'
make[7]: *** [../../freedesktop/fontconfig/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[7]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/platform/gtk+'
make[6]: *** [../../platform/gtk+/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/platform/GConf'
make[5]: *** [../../platform/GConf/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/platform/gnome-vfs'
make[4]: *** [../../platform/gnome-vfs/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/platform/libgnome'make[3]: ***
[../../platform/libgnome/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/platform/libbonoboui'
make[2]: *** [../../platform/libbonoboui/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/platform/libgnomeui'
make[1]: *** [../../platform/libgnomeui/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/filcab/devel/garnome-2.14.0/desktop/bug-buddy'make: ***
[paranoid-install] Error 2


Other information:
wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
works