This bug returned after upgrading to squeeze from lenny. The following happens while building OpenWRT:
[...] make[3]: Entering directory `/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1/feeds/packages/net/quagga' IPKG_TMP=/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1/tmp/ipkg IPKG_INSTROOT=/home/mirq/tuw-owrt/kamikaze_8.09.1/build_dir/mipsel/root-brcm47xx IPKG_CONF_DIR=/home/mirq/tuw-owrt/kamikaze_8.09.1/staging_dir/mipsel/etc IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT=/home/mirq/tuw-owrt/kamikaze_8.09.1/build_dir/mipsel/root-brcm47xx /home/mirq/tuw-owrt/kamikaze_8.09.1/scripts/ipkg -force-defaults -force-depends install /home/mirq/tuw-owrt/kamikaze_8.09.1/bin/packages/mipsel/quagga_0.98.6-1_mipsel.ipk Unpacking quagga...Done. Configuring quagga...tar: ./var: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors make[3]: *** [/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1/build_dir/mipsel/root-brcm47xx/usr/lib/ipkg/info/quagga.list] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1/feeds/packages/net/quagga' make[2]: *** [package/feeds/packages/quagga/install] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1' make[1]: *** [/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1/staging_dir/mipsel/stamp/.package_install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mirq/gkamikaze_8.09.1' make: *** [world] Błąd 2 The build doesn't fail after upgrading tar to current wheezy's version (1.25-3) and reappears after downgrading it back to sqeeze's (1.23-3). Broken: mirq@groch:~$ dpkg -s tar Package: tar Essential: yes Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: utils Installed-Size: 2108 Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bd...@gag.com> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.23-3 Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39) Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38) Conffiles: /etc/rmt 3c58b7cd13da1085eff0acc6a00f43c7 Description: [...] Working: mirq@groch:~$ dpkg -s tar Package: tar Essential: yes Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: utils Installed-Size: 2660 Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bd...@gag.com> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.25-3 Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39) Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.14.26) Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38) Conffiles: /etc/rmt 3c58b7cd13da1085eff0acc6a00f43c7 Description: [...] Best Regards, Michał Mirosław -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org