diff -Naur mage-0.4.20/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh mage-0.4.20-mcore/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh
--- mage-0.4.20/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2010-04-28 16:01:17.000000000 +0200
+++ mage-0.4.20-mcore/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2010-04-28 16:00:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -1246,9 +1246,7 @@
 
 		wget \
 			--passive-ftp \
-			--tries 3 \
 			--continue \
-			--progress bar \
 			--directory-prefix=${temp} \
 			${mymirr}/rsync/tarballs/${latest_tarball}
 		if [[ $? = 0 ]]