diff --git a/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf.sample b/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf.sample
index d513816..6afa23e 100644
--- a/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf.sample
+++ b/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf.sample
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 RSYNCMIRROR=slackbuilds.org::slackbuilds
 SLACKVER=12.0
 LOCALREPO=/home/sbo
+SRCDIR=/var/cache/sbopkg
 KEEPLOG=YES
diff --git a/src/usr/bin/sbopkg b/src/usr/bin/sbopkg
index b292cbb..a10f149 100755
--- a/src/usr/bin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/bin/sbopkg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -x
 #
 # $Id$ 
 #
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ else
 	RSYNCMIRROR=`grep RSYNCMIRROR $CONF | sed -e s/RSYNCMIRROR=//`
 	SLACKVER=`grep SLACKVER $CONF | sed -e s/SLACKVER=//`
 	LOCALREPO=`grep LOCALREPO $CONF | sed -e s/LOCALREPO=//`
+	SRCDIR=`grep SRCDIR $CONF | sed -e s/SRCDIR=//`
 	LOGS=`grep KEEPLOG $CONF | sed -e s/KEEPLOG=//`
+	if [ ! -d "$SRCDIR" ]; then
+		echo "Creating local cache directory $SRCDIR to keep downloaded sources."
+		mkdir -p $SRCDIR
+	fi
 fi
 }
 
@@ -203,11 +208,11 @@ function rsync_repo
 # This function does the rsync with SBo.
 	if [ "$DIAG" = 1 ]; then
 		OUTPUT=/tmp/sbopkg_output
-		( /usr/bin/rsync -avz $RSYNCMIRROR/$SLACKVER/ $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/ >> $OUTPUT & ) 2>>$OUTPUT
+		( /usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete $RSYNCMIRROR/$SLACKVER/ $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/ >> $OUTPUT & ) 2>>$OUTPUT
 		dialog --backtitle "Rsyncing with SlackBuilds.org" --tailbox $OUTPUT 20 70
 		rm -f $OUTPUT
 	else
-		/usr/bin/rsync -avz $RSYNCMIRROR/$SLACKVER/ $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/
+		/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete $RSYNCMIRROR/$SLACKVER/ $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -227,10 +232,9 @@ if [ ! `find -name "$PKG"` ]; then
 		exit 0
 	fi
 fi
-TESTPKGNAME=`echo $PKG | sed 's/.*\///'` 
 PKGNAME=`echo $PKG | sed 's/.*\///'` 
 DNLD=`grep DOWNLOAD $PKGPATH/$PKG.info | sed -e s/DOWNLOAD=// | sed -e s/\"//g`
-SRCNAME=`echo $DNLD | sed 's/.*\///'`
+SRCTARBALL=`echo $DNLD | sed 's/.*\///'`
 MD5=`grep MD5SUM $PKGPATH/$PKG.info | sed -e s/MD5SUM=// | sed -e s/\"//g`
 }
 
@@ -241,25 +245,43 @@ function show_readme
 	exit 0
 }
 
+function get_tarball 
+{
+# Check to see if the source tarball exists in the local cache
+# directory.  If it does, make a symlink to the package directory in
+# the local mirror.  If it does not, download it and make the link.
+# Thanks to Robby Workman for this idea.
+	if [ ! -e $PKGPATH/$SRCTARBALL ]; then
+		if [ -e $SRCDIR/$SRCTARBALL ]; then
+			ln -s $SRCDIR/$SRCTARBALL $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$PKGPATH/$SRCTARBALL
+		else
+			cd $SRCDIR
+			wget -T 20 $DNLD || exit 1
+			cd -
+			ln -s $SRCDIR/$SRCTARBALL $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$PKGPATH/$SRCTARBALL
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
 function build_package ()
 {
 # Start fetching and building the package.
-echo ; echo "Building $PKG"
+#echo ; echo "Building $PKG"
 cd $PKGPATH
-if [ ! -e "$SRCNAME" ]; 
-	then echo "Downloading source code for "$SRCNAME"..."
-	wget -T 20 $DNLD || exit 1
-	#curl $DNLD || exit 1
-fi
-echo "Checking MD5SUM for "$SRCNAME"..."
-MD5CHK=`md5sum $SRCNAME | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`
+get_tarball
+#if [ ! -e "$SRCNAME" ]; 
+#	then echo "Downloading source code for "$SRCNAME"..."
+#	wget -T 20 $DNLD || exit 1
+#fi
+echo "Checking MD5SUM for "$SRCTARBALL"..."
+MD5CHK=`md5sum $SRCTARBALL | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`
 if [ "$MD5CHK" == $MD5 ]; then 
 	echo "OK"
 	else 
 		echo "MD5SUM check failed.  Exiting." 
 		continue
 fi
-echo "Building Slackware package for "$SRCNAME"..."
+echo "Building Slackware package for "$SRCTARBALL"..."
 sh $PKG.SlackBuild
 echo "Done building $PKG."
 cd $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER
@@ -381,7 +403,6 @@ if [ -n "$BUILD" ]; then
 		exit 0
 	fi
 	for PKGBUILD in ${BUILD}; do
-		echo "Building $PKGBUILD"
 		search_package $PKGBUILD
 		build_package $PKGBUILD
 	done