--- /dev/null
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+# $Id$
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=tar
+PKG_VERSION:=1.18
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
+PKG_MD5SUM:=70170208d7c1bb9ab40120579434b6a3
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/tar
+ SECTION:=utils
+ CATEGORY:=Utilities
+ DEPENDS:=+bzip2
+ TITLE:=GNU tar
+ URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
+endef
+
+define Package/tar/description
+ Tar is a program for packaging a set of files as a
+ single archive in tar format.
+endef
+
+define Package/tar/postinst
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -e $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/bin/tar ]; then
+ rm -r $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/bin/tar;
+fi
+ln -sf $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/bin/tar /bin/tar
+endef
+
+define Package/tar/postrm
+#!/bin/sh
+rm $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/bin/tar
+ln -s busybox $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/bin/tar
+$${IPKG_INSTROOT}/bin/tar 2>&1 | grep 'applet not found' > /dev/null 2>&1 && rm $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/bin/tar
+exit 0
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+ $(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+ DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+ CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+ LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDLAGS)"
+endef
+
+define Package/tar/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin/
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/$(PKG_NAME) $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,tar))