diff --git a/tar/build.sh b/tar/build.sh
index 8045500..6c54c4e 100755
--- a/tar/build.sh
+++ b/tar/build.sh
@@ -1,41 +1,26 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # This is a generic build.sh script
 # It can be used nearly unmodified with many packages
 # 
-# The concept of "method" registering and the logic that implements it was shamelessly
-# stolen from jhlj's Compile.sh script :)
+# build.sh helper functions
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/build.sh.functions
 #
+###########################################################
 # Check the following 4 variables before running the script
 topdir=tar
-version=1.13.25
-pkgver=2
+version=1.20
+pkgver=1
 source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 # If there are no patches, simply comment this
-patch[0]=tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
-patch[1]=tar-1.13.19-absolutenames.patch
-patch[2]=tar-1.13.19-error.patch
-patch[3]= #tar-1.13.22-nolibrt.patch
-patch[4]=tar-1.13.25-argv.patch
-patch[5]= #tar-1.13.25-autoconf.patch
-patch[6]=tar-1.13.25-dots.patch
-patch[7]=tar-1.13.25-sock.patch
+#patch[0]=
 
 # Source function library
 . ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/buildpkg.functions
 
-# Fill in pkginfo values if necessary
-# using pkgname,name,pkgcat,pkgvendor & pkgdesc
-name="GNU tar"
-pkgcat="application"
-pkgvendor="http://www.gnu.org"
-pkgdesc="Creates tar archives"
-
-# Define script functions and register them
-METHODS=""
-reg() {
-    METHODS="$METHODS $1"
-}
+# Global settings
+export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
 
 reg prep
 prep()
@@ -49,15 +34,17 @@ build()
     generic_build
 }
 
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
 reg install
 install()
 {
     generic_install DESTDIR
-    $RM -f $stagedir$prefix/info/dir
-    INSTALL="/usr/local/bin/install -D"
-    setdir source
-    $INSTALL -m 644 tar.1 $stagedir$prefix/man/man1/tar.1
-    
+    doc ChangeLog README NEWS COPYING
 }
 
 reg pack
@@ -75,42 +62,4 @@ distclean()
 ###################################################
 # No need to look below here
 ###################################################
-
-reg all
-all()
-{
-    for METHOD in $METHODS 
-    do
-	case $METHOD in
-	     all*|*clean) ;;
-	     *) $METHOD
-		;;
-	esac
-    done
-
-}
-
-reg
-usage() {
-    echo Usage $0 "{"$(echo $METHODS | tr " " "|")"}"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-OK=0
-for METHOD in $*
-do
-    METHOD=" $METHOD *"
-    if [ "${METHODS%$METHOD}" == "$METHODS" ] ; then
-	usage
-    fi
-    OK=1
-done
-
-if [ $OK = 0 ] ; then
-    usage;
-fi
-
-for METHOD in $*
-do
-    ( $METHOD )
-done
+build_sh $*
diff --git a/tar/meta/pkgdef b/tar/meta/pkgdef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5ed119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar/meta/pkgdef
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[tar]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}${topdir}"
+name="$topdir - GNU tar"
+pkgcat="application"
+pkgvendor="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/"
+shortdesc="Creates tar archives"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+*
diff --git a/tar/meta/relnotes b/tar/meta/relnotes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd83629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar/meta/relnotes
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+PACKAGE DETAILS
+---------------
+Name:	    %%PKGNAME%%
+Version:    %%SOURCE_AND_VER%%
+Vendor:	    %%VENDOR%%
+Packager:   %%PKGEDBY%%
+
+Source (sha1sum):
+%%SOURCE_SHA1SUM%%
+
+BUILD DETAILS
+-------------
+Compiler:
+%%COMPILER%%
+
+Environment:
+%%ENVIRONMENT%%
+
+Configure:
+%%CONFIGURE%%
+
+KNOWN DEPENDENCIES
+------------------
+%%DEPENDENCIES%%
+
+ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS
+--------------------
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bacf41..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,339 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.18/tar.1.manpage	Mon Oct 30 12:52:03 2000
-+++ tar-1.13.18/tar.1	Mon Oct 30 12:56:15 2000
-@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
-+.\" @(#)tar.1 1.13.14 2000/10/30 Bero;
-+.TH TAR 1 "30 October 2000"
-+.SH NAME
-+tar \- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
-+.SH SYNOPSIS
-+.B tar
-+[
-+.B \-
-+]
-+.B A --catenate --concatenate \||\| c --create \||\| d --diff --compare \||\| r --append \||\| t --list \||\| u --update \||\| x -extract --get
-+[
-+.B --atime-preserve
-+]
-+[
-+.B -b, --block-size N
-+]
-+[
-+.B -B, --read-full-blocks
-+]
-+[
-+.B -C, --directory DIR
-+]
-+[
-+.B --checkpoint	
-+]
-+[
-+.B -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
-+]
-+[
-+.B --force-local	
-+]
-+[
-+.B -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F
-+]
-+[
-+.B -G, --incremental
-+]
-+[
-+.B -g, --listed-incremental F
-+]
-+[
-+.B -h, --dereference
-+]
-+[
-+.B -i, --ignore-zeros
-+]
-+[
-+.B -j, -I, --bzip
-+]
-+[
-+.B --ignore-failed-read
-+]
-+[
-+.B -k, --keep-old-files
-+]
-+[
-+.B -K, --starting-file F
-+]
-+[
-+.B -l, --one-file-system
-+]
-+[
-+.B -L, --tape-length N
-+]
-+[
-+.B -m, --modification-time
-+]
-+[
-+.B -M, --multi-volume
-+]
-+[
-+.B -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE
-+]
-+[
-+.B -o, --old-archive, --portability
-+]
-+[
-+.B -O, --to-stdout
-+]
-+[
-+.B -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions
-+]
-+[
-+.B -P, --absolute-paths
-+]
-+[
-+.B --preserve	
-+]
-+[
-+.B -R, --record-number
-+]
-+[
-+.B --remove-files
-+]
-+[
-+.B -s, --same-order, --preserve-order
-+]
-+[
-+.B --same-owner
-+]
-+[
-+.B -S, --sparse
-+]
-+[
-+.B -T, --files-from=F
-+]
-+[
-+.B --null	
-+]
-+[
-+.B --totals	
-+]
-+[
-+.B -v, --verbose
-+]
-+[
-+.B -V, --label NAME
-+]
-+[
-+.B --version	
-+]
-+[
-+.B -w, --interactive, --confirmation
-+]
-+[
-+.B -W, --verify	
-+]
-+[
-+.B --exclude FILE
-+]
-+[
-+.B -X, --exclude-from FILE
-+]
-+[
-+.B -Z, --compress, --uncompress
-+]
-+[
-+.B -z, --gzip, --ungzip	
-+]
-+[
-+.B --use-compress-program PROG
-+]
-+[
-+.B --block-compress
-+]
-+[
-+.B -[0-7][lmh]	
-+]
-+.TP
-+.I filename1 [ filename2, ... filenameN ] 
-+.TP
-+.I directory1 [ directory2, ...directoryN ]
-+.SH DESCRIPTION
-+.LP
-+This manual page documents the GNU version of
-+.B tar
-+, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from 
-+an archive file known as a 
-+.IR tarfile.
-+A 
-+.IR tarfile 
-+may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common
-+to write a
-+.IR tarfile
-+to a normal file. 
-+The first argument to 
-+.B tar
-+must be one of the options:
-+.BR Acdrtux ,
-+followed by any optional functions.
-+The final arguments to 
-+.B tar
-+are the names of the files or directories which should be archived. The use
-+of a directory name always implies that the subdirectories below should be
-+included in the archive.
-+.SH "FUNCTION LETTERS"
-+.TP
-+.B One of the following options must be used:
-+.TP
-+.B -A, --catenate, --concatenate
-+append tar files to an archive
-+.TP
-+.B -c, --create	
-+create a new archive
-+.TP
-+.B -d, --diff, --compare
-+find differences between archive and file system
-+.TP
-+.B --delete		
-+delete from the archive (not for use on mag tapes!)
-+.TP
-+.B -r, --append		
-+append files to the end of an archive
-+.TP
-+.B -t, --list		
-+list the contents of an archive
-+.TP
-+.B -u, --update		
-+only append files that are newer than copy in archive
-+.TP
-+.B -x, --extract, --get		
-+extract files from an archive
-+.SH "OTHER OPTIONS"
-+.TP
-+.B --atime-preserve	
-+don't change access times on dumped files
-+.TP
-+.B -b, --block-size N	
-+block size of Nx512 bytes (default N=20)
-+.TP
-+.B -B, --read-full-blocks	
-+reblock as we read (for reading 4.2BSD pipes)
-+.TP 
-+.B -C, --directory DIR	
-+change to directory DIR
-+.TP 
-+.B --checkpoint		
-+print directory names while reading the archive
-+.TP
-+.B -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F	
-+use archive file or device F (default /dev/rmt0)
-+.TP
-+.B --force-local		
-+archive file is local even if has a colon
-+.TP 
-+.B -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F 
-+run script at end of each tape (implies -M)
-+.TP
-+.B -G, --incremental	
-+create/list/extract old GNU-format incremental backup
-+.TP
-+.B -g, --listed-incremental F 
-+create/list/extract new GNU-format incremental backup
-+.TP 
-+.B -h, --dereference	
-+don't dump symlinks; dump the files they point to
-+.TP
-+.B -i, --ignore-zeros	
-+ignore blocks of zeros in archive (normally mean EOF)
-+.TP
-+.B -j, -I, --bzip
-+filter the archive through bzip2. Note: -I is deprecated and may get a
-+different meaning in the near future.
-+.TP
-+.B --ignore-failed-read	
-+don't exit with non-zero status on unreadable files
-+.TP
-+.B -k, --keep-old-files	
-+keep existing files; don't overwrite them from archive
-+.TP
-+.B -K, --starting-file F	
-+begin at file F in the archive
-+.TP
-+.B -l, --one-file-system	
-+stay in local file system when creating an archive
-+.TP
-+.B -L, --tape-length N	
-+change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes
-+.TP
-+.B -m, --modification-time	
-+don't extract file modified time
-+.TP
-+.B -M, --multi-volume	
-+create/list/extract multi-volume archive
-+.TP
-+.B -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE	
-+only store files newer than DATE
-+.TP
-+.B -o, --old-archive, --portability	
-+write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format
-+.TP
-+.B -O, --to-stdout		
-+extract files to standard output
-+.TP
-+.B -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions 
-+extract all protection information
-+.TP
-+.B -P, --absolute-paths	
-+don't strip leading `/'s from file names
-+.TP
-+.B --preserve		
-+like -p -s
-+.TP
-+.B -R, --record-number	
-+show record number within archive with each message
-+.TP 
-+.B --remove-files		
-+remove files after adding them to the archive
-+.TP
-+.B -s, --same-order, --preserve-order	
-+list of names to extract is sorted to match archive
-+.TP
-+.B --same-owner		
-+create extracted files with the same ownership 
-+.TP
-+.B -S, --sparse		
-+handle sparse files efficiently
-+.TP 
-+.B -T, --files-from=F	
-+get names to extract or create from file F
-+.TP
-+.B --null			
-+-T reads null-terminated names, disable -C
-+.TP
-+.B --totals		
-+print total bytes written with --create
-+.TP
-+.B -v, --verbose		
-+verbosely list files processed
-+.TP
-+.B -V, --label NAME	
-+create archive with volume name NAME
-+.TP 
-+.B --version		
-+print tar program version number
-+.TP
-+.B -w, --interactive, --confirmation	
-+ask for confirmation for every action
-+.TP
-+.B -W, --verify		
-+attempt to verify the archive after writing it
-+.TP
-+.B --exclude FILE		
-+exclude file FILE
-+.TP
-+.B -X, --exclude-from FILE	
-+exclude files listed in FILE
-+.TP
-+.B -Z, --compress, --uncompress      	
-+filter the archive through compress
-+.TP 
-+.B -z, --gzip, --ungzip		
-+filter the archive through gzip
-+.TP
-+.B --use-compress-program PROG
-+filter the archive through PROG (which must accept -d)
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.19-absolutenames.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.19-absolutenames.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 644151c..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.19-absolutenames.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.19/src/extract.c~	Sat Jan 13 00:59:29 2001
-+++ tar-1.13.19/src/extract.c	Mon Aug 20 08:50:49 2001
-@@ -932,10 +932,19 @@
-       {
- 	struct stat st1, st2;
- 	int e;
-+	size_t skiplinkcrud;
-+
-+	if (absolute_names_option)
-+	  skiplinkcrud = 0;
-+	else {
-+	  skiplinkcrud = FILESYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (current_link_name);
-+	  while (ISSLASH (current_link_name[skiplinkcrud]))
-+	    skiplinkcrud++;
-+	}
- 
- 	/* MSDOS does not implement links.  However, djgpp's link() actually
- 	   copies the file.  */
--	status = link (current_link_name, CURRENT_FILE_NAME);
-+	status = link (current_link_name + skiplinkcrud, CURRENT_FILE_NAME);
- 
- 	if (status == 0)
- 	  break;
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.19-error.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.19-error.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4be8770..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.19-error.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.19/src/incremen.c.sux	Thu May 17 14:16:47 2001
-+++ tar-1.13.19/src/incremen.c	Thu May 17 14:17:00 2001
-@@ -182,8 +182,11 @@
-     struct directory *directory; /* for checking if already already seen */
-     enum children children;
- 
-+    if (! dirp) {
--    if (! dirp)
-       savedir_error (path);
-+      errno = 1;
-+      return NULL;
-+    }
-     errno = 0;
- 
-     name_buffer_size = strlen (path) + NAME_FIELD_SIZE;
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.22-nolibrt.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.22-nolibrt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f4362..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.22-nolibrt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.22/configure.ac.rt	Thu Sep 13 14:06:03 2001
-+++ tar-1.13.22/configure.ac	Thu Sep 13 14:06:50 2001
-@@ -166,12 +166,13 @@
- #
- # Solaris 2.5.1 needs -lposix4 to get the clock_gettime function.
- # Solaris 7 prefers the library name -lrt to the obsolescent name -lposix4.
-+# We don't want that dependency, though. Check for something weird. ;)
- tar_LDADD=
- tar_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
--AC_SEARCH_LIBS(clock_gettime, [rt posix4])
--AC_CHECK_FUNCS(clock_gettime)
-+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(clock_gettyme, [rt posix4])
-+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(clock_gettyme)
- if test " $LIBS" != " $tar_save_LIBS"; then
--  tar_LDADD="$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime"
-+  tar_LDADD="$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme"
-   LIBS="$tar_save_LIBS"
- fi
- AC_SUBST(tar_LDADD)
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-argv.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-argv.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 77137d9..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-argv.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.25/src/tar.c    2001-09-21 02:11:27.000000000 +0200
-+++ tar-1.13.25/src/tar.c    2002-06-16 18:19:04.000000000 +0200
-@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
-       /* Allocate a new argument array, and copy program name in it.  */
- 
-       new_argc = argc - 1 + strlen (argv[1]);
--      new_argv = xmalloc (new_argc * sizeof (char *));
-+      new_argv = xmalloc ((new_argc + 1) * sizeof (char *));
-       in = argv;
-       out = new_argv;
-       *out++ = *in++;
-@@ -562,6 +562,10 @@
-       while (in < argv + argc)
-        *out++ = *in++;
- 
-+      /* K&R standard requires a NULL termination */
-+
-+      *out = NULL;
-+
-       /* Replace the old option list by the new one.  */
- 
-       argc = new_argc;
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-autoconf.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-autoconf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 00574d4..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-autoconf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.25/configure.ac.253	Tue Apr  9 19:21:01 2002
-+++ tar-1.13.25/configure.ac	Tue Apr  9 19:21:22 2002
-@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
- jm_FUNC_MALLOC
- jm_FUNC_MKTIME
- jm_FUNC_REALLOC
--test "$ac_cv_func_strstr" = yes || LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strstr.o"
-+test "$ac_cv_func_strstr" = yes || AC_LIBOBJ(strstr)
- 
- AC_CACHE_CHECK(for remote shell, tar_cv_path_RSH,
-   [if test -n "$RSH"; then
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-dots.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-dots.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc3d02..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-dots.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.25/src/misc.c.orig	Mon Aug 27 00:14:26 2001
-+++ tar-1.13.25/src/misc.c	Mon May 27 11:29:31 2002
-@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@
- 	    return 0;
- 	}
-       while (! ISSLASH (*p));
-+
-+      do
-+	{
-+	  if (! *p++)
-+	    return 0;
-+	}
-+      while ( ISSLASH (*p));
-     }
- }
- 
diff --git a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-sock.patch b/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-sock.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 716ef78..0000000
--- a/tar/src/tar-1.13.25-sock.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.13.25/src/create.c.sock	Tue Oct 23 15:00:52 2001
-+++ tar-1.13.25/src/create.c	Tue Oct 23 15:02:33 2001
-@@ -1128,6 +1128,16 @@
-     }
-   else if (is_avoided_name (p))
-     return;
-+  else if (S_ISSOCK (current_stat.st_mode))
-+    {
-+      WARN ((0, 0, _("%s: socket ignored"), quotearg_colon (p)));
-+      return;
-+    }
-+  else if (S_ISDOOR (current_stat.st_mode))
-+    {
-+      WARN ((0, 0, _("%s: door ignored"), quotearg_colon (p)));
-+      return;
-+    }
-   else
-     {
-       /* Check for multiple links.
-@@ -1507,16 +1517,6 @@
- 	type = BLKTYPE;
-       else if (S_ISFIFO (current_stat.st_mode))
- 	type = FIFOTYPE;
--      else if (S_ISSOCK (current_stat.st_mode))
--	{
--	  WARN ((0, 0, _("%s: socket ignored"), quotearg_colon (p)));
--	  return;
--	}
--      else if (S_ISDOOR (current_stat.st_mode))
--	{
--	  WARN ((0, 0, _("%s: door ignored"), quotearg_colon (p)));
--	  return;
--	}
-       else
- 	goto unknown;
-     }