--- /usr/sbin/mirrorselect	2003-03-12 12:37:09.000000000 -0800
+++ /usr/sbin/mirrorselect-wget	2003-03-12 12:45:31.000000000 -0800
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 if [ "${1}" = "-a" ] ; then	
 	echo "Fetching server list from web"
 	# nastiness, but it should work for now
-	MIRROR_LIST=$((echo -e "GET /main/en/mirrors.xml HTTP/0.9\r\n\r\n" 1>&3 & cat 0<&3) 3<> /dev/tcp/gentoo.org/80 | \
+	MIRROR_LIST=$((wget -q -O- www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml) | \
 	(read i; while [ "$(echo $i | tr -d '\r')" != "" ]; do read i; done; cat) | \
 	perl -nle'print $1 if /\s{5}<a href="((htt|ft)p[^"]+)/' | grep -v "MIRRORS")