--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2008/02/26 19:49:20	676
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2008/06/16 09:29:57	739
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Magellan Linux Installer Functions (mage.functions.sh)
-# $Header: /home/cvsd/magellan-cvs/magellan-src/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh,v 1.36 2008-02-26 19:49:20 niro Exp $
+# $Header: /home/cvsd/magellan-cvs/magellan-src/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh,v 1.37 2008-06-16 09:29:27 niro Exp $
 
 mage_setup()
 {
@@ -1203,6 +1203,63 @@
 	is_newer_mage_version_available
 }
 
+syncmage_tarball()
+{
+	local latest_tarball
+	local temp="$(mktemp -d)"
+	local mirr mymirr
+
+	# try to get the tarball marked as latest on the server
+	latest_tarball="mage-latest.tar.bz2"
+
+	for mirr in ${MIRRORS}
+	do
+		# path without distribution
+		mymirr="${mirr%/*}"
+
+		echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
+		echo "fetching latest tarball from ${mymirr} ..."
+
+		wget \
+			--passive-ftp \
+			--tries 3 \
+			--continue \
+			--progress bar \
+			--directory-prefix=${temp} \
+			${mymirr}/rsync/tarballs/${latest_tarball}
+		if [[ $? = 0 ]]
+		then
+			break
+		else
+			continue
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [[ -f ${temp}/${latest_tarball} ]]
+	then
+		if [[ -d ${MAGEDIR} ]]
+		then
+			echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
+			echo "cleaning old mage-tree ${MAGEDIR}..."
+			rm -rf ${MAGEDIR}
+		fi
+
+		echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
+		echo "updating mage-tree from tarball ..."
+		# unpack in dirname of MAGEDIR, as the tarball has already the mage
+		tar xjmf ${temp}/${latest_tarball} -C ${MAGEDIR%/*} || die "Unpacking tarball"
+
+		if [[ -d ${temp} ]]
+		then
+			echo -ne "${COLBLUE} --- ${COLDEFAULT}"
+			echo "clenaing temp-files ..."
+			rm -rf ${temp}
+		fi
+	else
+		die "Could not fetch the latest tarball ... aborting"
+	fi
+}
+
 cleanpkg()
 {
 	if [ -d "${PKGDIR}" ]