2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 5453645a2..6a7ee5e35 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@
 class AbstractDownloadStrategy
   def initialize url, name, version
     @url=url
-    @unique_token="#{name}-#{version}"
+    @unique_token="#{name}-#{version}" unless name.to_s.empty? or name == '__UNKNOWN__'
   end
 end
 
 class HttpDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
   def fetch
     ohai "Downloading #{@url}"
-    @dl=HOMEBREW_CACHE+(@unique_token+ext)
+    if @unique_token
+      @dl=HOMEBREW_CACHE+(@unique_token+ext)
+    else
+      @dl=HOMEBREW_CACHE+File.basename(@url)
+    end
     unless @dl.exist?
       curl @url, '-o', @dl
     else
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index a898944ee..2cff1fc36 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ private
   end
 
   def validate_variable name
-    v=eval("@#{name}")
-    raise "Invalid @#{name}" if v.nil? or v.empty? or v =~ /\s/
+    v=eval "@#{name}"
+    raise "Invalid @#{name}" if v.to_s.empty? or v =~ /\s/
   end
 
   def method_added method