I suggest to apply your GNUTAR patch.
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:28:50AM -0400, Erik Schnetter wrote:Do you have a patch for that ready? I would like to have this issue
> We could still build the tarballs after all thorns have been built.
fixed as soon as possible to have it in the new ET release. That means
it should be fixed within the next 1-2 days.
If we don't come up with a better solution than the currently proposed
patch I suggest to apply it now, and think about something else later.
Frank