diff --git a/en/ports/packages b/en/ports/packages
index 5a7928bf3e..79499780b9 100755
--- a/en/ports/packages
+++ b/en/ports/packages
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # packages - create a sorted list of precompiled packages which
 #            are available at the FreeBSD FTP Server.
 #
-# $Id: packages,v 1.5 1999-05-06 11:34:24 wosch Exp $
+# $Id: packages,v 1.6 1999-05-07 06:59:05 wosch Exp $
 
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/$release/All/"
 
 temp=_lynx$$
 
-if lynx -source "$url" > $temp || ( sleep 300; lynx -source "$url" > $temp )
+if lynx -source "$url" > $temp || ( sleep 300; lynx -source "$url" > $temp ) || ( sleep 300; lynx -source "$url" > $temp )
 then
     perl -ne 'print $1, "\n" if m%href="([^"]+)"%oi' < $temp |
     perl -npe  's%.*/%%' | sort | grep -v '^\.\.$'