--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2015/02/14 11:48:47	2866
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2015/03/19 15:28:54	2867
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@
 
 	# check known uri schemes
 	case ${uri} in
-		http://*|https://*|ftp://*|ftps://*) mirrors="" ;;
+		http://*|https://*|ftp://*|ftps://*|file://*) mirrors="" ;;
 		mirror://*) mirrors="${MIRRORS}"; scheme="mirror://"; addon="/sources" ;;
 		package://*) mirrors="${MIRRORS}"; scheme="package://"; addon="/${PACKAGES_SERVER_PATH}" ;;
 		gnu://*) mirrors="${GNU_MIRRORS}"; scheme="gnu://" ;;
@@ -1450,8 +1450,17 @@
 		# get the name of the output file
 		outputfile="${mirror##*/}"
 
-		wget ${wget_opts} --output-document="${outputdir}/${outputfile}" "${mirror}"
-		retval="$?"
+		case ${mirror} in
+			file://*)
+				cp -v "${mirror//file:\/\/}" "${outputdir}/${outputfile}"
+				retval="$?"
+				;;
+			*)
+				wget ${wget_opts} --output-document="${outputdir}/${outputfile}" "${mirror}"
+				retval="$?"
+				;;
+		esac
+
 		if [[ ${retval} = 0 ]]
 		then
 			break