--- fetch_patches.sh	2009-02-15 06:06:53.000000000 +0100
+++ fetch_patches.sh	2009-02-15 20:07:14.196786279 +0100
@@ -12,13 +12,35 @@
 
   # change IFS to loop line-by-line
   _OLDIFS=$IFS
-  IFS="
-"
+  IFS=$'\n'
+
   echo -e "\tfetching checksumfile for patches"
   wget ${_rpath}/MD5SUMS >/dev/null 2>&1
 
   downloads=0
-  for _line in $(/bin/cat MD5SUMS); do
+  if grep -q '.gz$' MD5SUMS; then
+    for _line in $(grep '.gz$' MD5SUMS); do
+      _md5=$(echo $_line | cut -d ' ' -f1)
+      _file=$(echo $_line | cut -d ' ' -f3)
+      wget ${_rpath}/${_file}
+
+      if [ $(echo "${_md5}  ${_file}" | md5sum --status -c -) ]; then
+        echo ${_file} md5sums do not match
+        return 1
+      fi
+
+      gunzip ${_file}
+      downloads=$(echo ${_file} | sed "s/${_srcver}.[[:digit:]]\{3\}-\([[:digit:]]\{3\}\).gz/\1/")
+    done
+  fi
+
+  # skip all lines included in a collection
+  for _line in $(tail +$(($downloads+1)) MD5SUMS); do
+    # skip lines with patch collections
+    if echo $_line | grep -q '.gz$'; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
     downloads=$((${downloads} + 1))
     _md5=$(echo $_line | cut -d ' ' -f1)
     _file=$(echo $_line | cut -d ' ' -f3)