Index: client/1.0/neutral/pkgd.eagle
==================================================================
--- client/1.0/neutral/pkgd.eagle
+++ client/1.0/neutral/pkgd.eagle
@@ -1658,10 +1658,13 @@
     }
 
     set persistent [string is true -strict \
         [getDictionaryValue $options -persistent]]
 
+    set overwrite [string is true -strict \
+        [getDictionaryValue $options -overwrite]]
+
     set usePgp [string is true -strict \
         [getDictionaryValue $options -usePgp]]
 
     set useAutoPath [string is true -strict \
         [getDictionaryValue $options -useAutoPath]]
@@ -1699,10 +1702,21 @@
       if {[file exists $downloadFileName]} then {
         error [appendArgs \
             "temporary file name \"" $downloadFileName \
             "\" already exists"]
       }
+
+      if {$persistent || $viaInstall} then {
+        if {!$overwrite} then {
+          set persistentFileName [file normalize [file join \
+              $directory(persistent) $fileNameOnly]]
+
+          if {[file exists $persistentFileName]} then {
+            continue
+          }
+        }
+      }
 
       file mkdir [file dirname $downloadFileName]
 
       downloadOneFile $language $version $platform \
           $fileName $downloadFileName $usePgp