as of 2009-09-20 the polymake optional spkg fails to install

[was]

server2@sage:~$ sage -i polynomial-2.2.p4
Installing polynomial-2.2.p4
Calling sage-spkg on polynomial-2.2.p4
You must set the SAGE_ROOT environment variable or
run this script from the SAGE_ROOT or 
SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/ directory.
polynomial-2.2.p4
Machine:
Linux sage 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 17:50:19 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Deleting directories from past builds of previous/current versions of polynomial-2.2.p4
/home/server2/sage/local/bin/sage-spkg: file polynomial-2.2.p4 does not exist
Attempting to download it.
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/optional/polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg --> polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg
[ ]
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg --> polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg
[ ]
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/experimental/polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg --> polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg
[ ]
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/archive/polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg --> polynomial-2.2.p4.spkg
[ ]
**********************************************************************
* Unable to download polynomial-2.2.p4
* Please see http://www.sagemath.org//packages for a list of valid
* packages or check the package name.
**********************************************************************
sage: Failed to download package polynomial-2.2.p4 from http://www.sagemath.org/

[mabshoff]

This is a dupe of #3640. I have a fixed spkg-install that fixes this once and for all, but have not uploaded the spkg yet.

Cheers,

Michael