--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2010/04/22 12:22:39	972
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2010/06/28 18:07:29	1083
@@ -1232,9 +1232,13 @@
 syncmage_tarball()
 {
 	local latest_tarball
+	local latest_md5
 	local temp="$(mktemp -d)"
 	local mirr mymirr
 
+	# try to get the md5 marked as latest on the server
+	latest_md5="mage-latest.md5"
+
 	# try to get the tarball marked as latest on the server
 	latest_tarball="mage-latest.tar.bz2"
 
@@ -1244,6 +1248,16 @@
 		mymirr="${mirr%/*}"
 
 		echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
+		echo "fetching latest md5 from ${mymirr} ..."
+		wget \
+			--passive-ftp \
+			--tries 3 \
+			--continue \
+			--progress bar \
+			--directory-prefix=${temp} \
+			${mymirr}/rsync/tarballs/${latest_md5}
+
+		echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
 		echo "fetching latest tarball from ${mymirr} ..."
 
 		wget \
@@ -1263,6 +1277,14 @@
 
 	if [[ -f ${temp}/${latest_tarball} ]]
 	then
+		# check md5
+		if [[ ! -f ${temp}/${latest_md5} ]]
+		then
+			die "md5 is missing ... aborting"
+		else
+			( cd ${temp}; md5sum --check ${lastest_md5} ) || die "md5 for ${lastest_tarball} failed"
+		fi
+
 		if [[ -d ${MAGEDIR} ]]
 		then
 			echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"