--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/01/14 00:00:53	1658
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/02/06 09:45:23	1675
@@ -1565,8 +1565,12 @@
 
 	for mirr in ${MIRRORS}
 	do
-		# path without distribution
-		mymirr="${mirr%/*}"
+		# path without distribution 
+		# (only for stable|testing|unstable and not DISTROTAG)
+		case ${mirr##*/} in
+			stable|testing|unstable) mymirr="${mirr%/*}";;
+			*) mymirr="${mirr}";;
+		esac
 
 		echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
 		echo "fetching latest md5 from ${mymirr} ..."