--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2011/05/27 12:55:43	1292
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2011/05/27 12:56:38	1293
@@ -1379,6 +1379,7 @@
 	local mirr mymirr
 	local opt
 	local tar_opts
+	local wget_opts
 
 	# try to get the md5 marked as latest on the server
 	latest_md5="mage-latest.md5"
@@ -1386,6 +1387,9 @@
 	# try to get the tarball marked as latest on the server
 	latest_tarball="mage-latest.tar.bz2"
 
+	# filter wget command if busybox was found
+	wget_opts="$(busybox_filter_wget_options ${WGET_FETCH_OPTIONS})"
+
 	for mirr in ${MIRRORS}
 	do
 		# path without distribution
@@ -1395,14 +1399,14 @@
 		echo "fetching latest md5 from ${mymirr} ..."
 		[[ ${VERBOSE} = off ]] && opt="--quiet"
 		wget \
-			${WGET_FETCH_OPTIONS} \
+			${wget_opts} \
 			--directory-prefix=${temp} \
 			${opt} ${mymirr}/rsync/tarballs/${latest_md5}
 
 		echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
 		echo "fetching latest tarball from ${mymirr} ..."
 		wget \
-			${WGET_FETCH_OPTIONS} \
+			${wget_opts} \
 			--directory-prefix=${temp} \
 			${opt} ${mymirr}/rsync/tarballs/${latest_tarball}
 		if [[ $? = 0 ]]