diff -Naur mage-0.4.16/usr/lib/mage/smage2.sh mage-0.4.16-alx/usr/lib/mage/smage2.sh
--- mage-0.4.16/usr/lib/mage/smage2.sh	2009-08-04 22:40:35.000000000 +0200
+++ mage-0.4.16-alx/usr/lib/mage/smage2.sh	2009-08-04 22:45:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 	[ ! -d ${SOURCEDIR}/${PNAME} ] && install -d ${SOURCEDIR}/${PNAME}
 
 	# check if FETCHING is needed
-	( cd ${SOURCEDIR}/${PNAME}; md5sum --check ${DB_MD5_SUM_FILE} &> /dev/null )
+	( cd ${SOURCEDIR}/${PNAME}; md5sum -c ${DB_MD5_SUM_FILE} &> /dev/null )
 	if [[ $? = 0 ]]
 	then
 		# md5's ok, no fetching needed
@@ -188,9 +188,7 @@
 					echo -e "${COLBLUE}==>${COLGREEN} fetching ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}${COLDEFAULT}"
 					wget \
 						--passive-ftp \
-						--tries 3 \
 						--continue \
-						--progress bar \
 						--output-document="${my_SOURCEDIR}/$(basename ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR})" \
 						"${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}"
 					if [[ $? = 0 ]]
@@ -212,9 +210,7 @@
 					echo -e "${COLBLUE}==>${COLGREEN} fetching ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}${COLDEFAULT}"
 					wget \
 						--passive-ftp \
-						--tries 3 \
 						--continue \
-						--progress bar \
 						--output-document="${my_SOURCEDIR}/$(basename ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR})" \
 						"${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}"
 					if [[ $? = 0 ]]
@@ -236,9 +232,7 @@
 					echo -e "${COLBLUE}==>${COLGREEN} fetching ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}${COLDEFAULT}"
 					wget \
 						--passive-ftp \
-						--tries 3 \
 						--continue \
-						--progress bar \
 						--output-document="${my_SOURCEDIR}/$(basename ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR})" \
 						"${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}"
 					if [[ $? = 0 ]]
@@ -260,9 +254,7 @@
 					echo -e "${COLBLUE}==>${COLGREEN} fetching ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}${COLDEFAULT}"
 					wget \
 						--passive-ftp \
-						--tries 3 \
 						--continue \
-						--progress bar \
 						--output-document="${my_SOURCEDIR}/$(basename ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR})" \
 						"${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}"
 					if [[ $? = 0 ]]
@@ -284,9 +276,7 @@
 					echo -e "${COLBLUE}==>${COLGREEN} fetching ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}${COLDEFAULT}"
 					wget \
 						--passive-ftp \
-						--tries 3 \
 						--continue \
-						--progress bar \
 						--output-document="${my_SOURCEDIR}/$(basename ${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR})" \
 						"${my_SRC_URI_MIRROR}"
 					if [[ $? = 0 ]]
@@ -303,9 +293,7 @@
 				echo -e "${COLBLUE}==>${COLGREEN} fetching ${my_SRC_URI}${COLDEFAULT}"
 				wget \
 					--passive-ftp \
-					--tries 3 \
 					--continue \
-					--progress bar \
 					--output-document="${my_SOURCEDIR}/$(basename ${my_SRC_URI})" \
 					"${my_SRC_URI}"
 			fi
@@ -321,7 +309,7 @@
 	# recheck md5 sums
 	echo
 	echo -e "${COLBLUE}===${COLGREEN} Checking MD5 sums:${COLDEFAULT}"
-	( cd ${SOURCEDIR}/${PNAME}; md5sum --check ${DB_MD5_SUM_FILE} ) || die "md5 failed"
+	( cd ${SOURCEDIR}/${PNAME}; md5sum -c ${DB_MD5_SUM_FILE} ) || die "md5 failed"
 	echo
 
 	# not needed anymore