diff -uNr a/v/manifest b/v/manifest
--- a/v/manifest false
+++ b/v/manifest 704243bd533c148424d908c9ab1aa75dc6e98e352dcc0dc5a15dbd5f7dc9a616383478fed5c7488a0521b9cb6726382290fa2389851f87eda66c08d29d7bb43c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+549967 v_keccak_vtools.vpatch diana_coman Changed V to use vtools with Keccak hashes (ksum, vpatch). Version number changed to 99992.
+600670 v_fixes_vpatch_sync.vpatch spyked Limit recursion depth of wget to 1 for init command (sync_all_vpatches). Also, record changes in manifest rather than v.pl itself. Version number changed to 99991. 
diff -uNr a/v/v.pl b/v/v.pl
--- a/v/v.pl 115b06a799eae048ffbd18642234dc234e9bf879ebdedf0ed9b4be69a410187537b618d2b4b581954b89d1f63ef0925f9ff1ae26f0882c28f05d3a1fcdb1a732
+++ b/v/v.pl 7adcf4625e65ea4b016fcc7fff8d1767f787dec8ffdfda72a1ba50430f111d330351a26769e55fdfae7d33eafb84af121f753c8c7dcf18c768b994a7d2bcc2a8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
-# (C) 2014 - 2018 The Bitcoin Foundation. You do not have, nor can you ever
+# (C) 2014 - 2019 The Bitcoin Foundation. You do not have, nor can you ever
 # acquire the right to use, copy or distribute this software ; Should you use
 # this software for any purpose, or copy and distribute it to anyone or in any
 # manner, you are breaking the laws of whatever soi-disant jurisdiction, and
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@
 # please always : read and understand any software ; verify any PGP signatures
 # that you use - for any purpose.
 
-# modified by Diana Coman to use vtools with keccak hashes (vpatch and ksum)
-# version no changed to 99992
-
 use strict;
 
-my $version  = "99992 K ";
+my $version  = "99991 K ";
 
 my $tdir     = "";
 
@@ -480,7 +477,7 @@
 sub sync_seals {
   my ($URL, $out) = @_;
   if(!-d $out) { `mkdir -p $out`; }
-  my $wget = "wget -q -r -nd -N --no-parent " .
+  my $wget = "wget -q -r -l 1 -nd -N --no-parent " .
   "--reject \"index.html*\"  $URL/v/seals/ -P $out";
   `$wget`;
   print "Seal sync complete to \"$out\"\n";
@@ -491,7 +488,7 @@
   my $wget = "";
   if(!-d $out) { `mkdir -p $out`; }
   foreach my $vpatch (@sync) {
-    $wget = "wget -q -r -nd -N --no-parent " .
+    $wget = "wget -q -nd -N --no-parent " .
     "--reject \"index.html*\"  $URL/v/patches/$vpatch -P $out";
     `$wget`;
     print "$vpatch sync complete to \"$out\"\n";
@@ -501,7 +498,7 @@
 sub sync_all_vpatches {
   my ($URL, $out) = @_;
   if(!-d $out) { `mkdir -p $out`; }
-  my $wget = "wget -q -r -nd -N --no-parent " .
+  my $wget = "wget -q -r -l 1 -nd -N --no-parent " .
   "--reject \"index.html*\"  $URL/v/patches/ -P $out";
   `$wget`;
   print "Full vpatch sync complete to \"$out\"\n";