17 files changed, 150 insertions, 354 deletions
diff --git a/include/package-ipkg.mk b/include/package-ipkg.mk
index 5ea39e1b06..943b383b62 100644
--- a/include/package-ipkg.mk
+++ b/include/package-ipkg.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 
 # invoke ipkg-build with some default options
 IPKG_BUILD:= \
-  $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/ipkg-build -c -o 0 -g 0
+  $(SCRIPT_DIR)/ipkg-build -c -o 0 -g 0
 
 IPKG_STATE_DIR:=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/opkg
 
diff --git a/scripts/ipkg-build b/scripts/ipkg-build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c466f28681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ipkg-build
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# ipkg-build -- construct a .ipk from a directory
+# Carl Worth <cworth@east.isi.edu>
+# based on a script by Steve Redler IV, steve@sr-tech.com 5-21-2001
+# 2003-04-25 rea@sr.unh.edu
+#   Updated to work on Familiar Pre0.7rc1, with busybox tar.
+#   Note it Requires: binutils-ar (since the busybox ar can't create)
+#   For UID debugging it needs a better "find".
+set -e
+
+version=1.0
+FIND="$(which find)"
+FIND="${FIND:-$(which gfind)}"
+TAR="${TAR:-$(which tar)}"
+
+ipkg_extract_value() {
+	sed -e "s/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//"
+}
+
+required_field() {
+	field=$1
+
+	grep "^$field:" < $CONTROL/control | ipkg_extract_value
+}
+
+pkg_appears_sane() {
+	local pkg_dir=$1
+
+	local owd=$PWD
+	cd $pkg_dir
+
+	PKG_ERROR=0
+	pkg=`required_field Package`
+	version=`required_field Version | sed 's/Version://; s/^.://g;'`
+	arch=`required_field Architecture`
+
+	if echo $pkg | grep '[^a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]'; then
+		echo "*** Error: Package name $name contains illegal characters, (other than [a-z0-9.+-])" >&2
+		PKG_ERROR=1;
+	fi
+
+	if [ -f $CONTROL/conffiles ]; then
+		rm -f $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved
+
+		for cf in `$FIND $(sed -e "s!^/!$pkg_dir/!" $CONTROL/conffiles) -type f`; do
+			echo "${cf#$pkg_dir}" >> $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved
+		done
+
+		rm $CONTROL/conffiles
+		mv $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved $CONTROL/conffiles
+		chmod 0644 $CONTROL/conffiles
+	fi
+
+	cd $owd
+	return $PKG_ERROR
+}
+
+###
+# ipkg-build "main"
+###
+ogargs=""
+noclean=0
+usage="Usage: $0 [-c] [-C] [-o owner] [-g group] <pkg_directory> [<destination_directory>]"
+while getopts "cg:ho:v" opt; do
+    case $opt in
+	o ) owner=$OPTARG
+	    ogargs="--owner=$owner"
+	    ;;
+	g ) group=$OPTARG
+	    ogargs="$ogargs --group=$group"
+	    ;;
+	c ) ;;
+	C ) noclean=1;;
+	v ) echo $version
+	    exit 0
+	    ;;
+	h ) 	echo $usage  >&2 ;;
+	\? ) 	echo $usage  >&2
+	esac
+done
+
+
+shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
+
+# continue on to process additional arguments
+
+case $# in
+1)
+	dest_dir=$PWD
+	;;
+2)
+	dest_dir=$2
+	if [ "$dest_dir" = "." -o "$dest_dir" = "./" ] ; then
+	    dest_dir=$PWD
+	fi
+	;;
+*)
+	echo $usage >&2
+	exit 1 
+	;;
+esac
+
+pkg_dir=$1
+
+if [ ! -d $pkg_dir ]; then
+	echo "*** Error: Directory $pkg_dir does not exist" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# CONTROL is second so that it takes precedence
+CONTROL=
+[ -d $pkg_dir/CONTROL ] && CONTROL=CONTROL
+if [ -z "$CONTROL" ]; then
+	echo "*** Error: Directory $pkg_dir has no CONTROL subdirectory." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! pkg_appears_sane $pkg_dir; then
+	echo >&2
+	echo "ipkg-build: Please fix the above errors and try again." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+tmp_dir=$dest_dir/IPKG_BUILD.$$
+mkdir $tmp_dir
+
+echo $CONTROL > $tmp_dir/tarX
+# Preserve permissions (-p) when creating data.tar.gz as non-root user
+( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX --format=gnu -czpf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
+
+installed_size=`stat -c "%s" $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz`
+sed -i -e "s/^Installed-Size: .*/Installed-Size: $installed_size/" \
+	$pkg_dir/$CONTROL/control
+
+( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && $TAR $ogargs --format=gnu -czf $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
+rm $tmp_dir/tarX
+
+echo "2.0" > $tmp_dir/debian-binary
+
+pkg_file=$dest_dir/${pkg}_${version}_${arch}.ipk
+rm -f $pkg_file
+( cd $tmp_dir && $TAR --format=gnu -zcf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
+
+rm $tmp_dir/debian-binary $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz
+rmdir $tmp_dir
+
+echo "Packaged contents of $pkg_dir into $pkg_file"
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 35f5d86bcd..c929239175 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ endif
 
 tools-$(BUILD_TOOLCHAIN) += gmp mpfr mpc libelf
 tools-y += m4 libtool autoconf automake flex bison pkg-config sed mklibs
-tools-y += sstrip ipkg-utils genext2fs e2fsprogs mtd-utils mkimage
+tools-y += sstrip genext2fs e2fsprogs mtd-utils mkimage
 tools-y += firmware-utils patch-image patch quilt yaffs2 flock padjffs2
 tools-y += mm-macros missing-macros xz cmake scons bc findutils gengetopt patchelf
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion_generic) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/Makefile b/tools/ipkg-utils/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 778260921e..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=ipkg-utils
-PKG_VERSION:=1.7
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://handhelds.org/packages/ipkg-utils/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=da3e3ef772973d7370a6ac95f0fef9b8
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-build \
-		$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-buildpackage \
-		$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-make-index \
-		$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg.py \
-		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/
-endef
-
-define Host/Clean
-	rm -f $(STAGING_DIR)/etc/ipkg.conf
-	rm -f $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/ipkg*
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/100-build_clean.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/100-build_clean.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7df272f74d..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/100-build_clean.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ pkg_appears_sane() {
- 
- 	PKG_ERROR=0
- 
-+	cvs_dirs=`find . -name 'CVS'`
-+	if [ -n "$cvs_dirs" ]; then
-+	    if [ "$noclean" = "1" ]; then
-+		echo "*** Warning: The following CVS directories where found.
-+You probably want to remove them: " >&2
-+		ls -ld $cvs_dirs
-+		echo >&2
-+	    else
-+		echo "*** Removing the following files: $cvs_dirs"
-+		rm -rf "$cvs_dirs"
-+	    fi
-+	fi
-+
- 	tilde_files=`find . -name '*~'`
- 	if [ -n "$tilde_files" ]; then
- 	    if [ "$noclean" = "1" ]; then
-@@ -134,8 +147,12 @@ You probably want to chown these to a sy
- 
- 	for script in $CONTROL/preinst $CONTROL/postinst $CONTROL/prerm $CONTROL/postrm; do
- 		if [ -f $script -a ! -x $script ]; then
-+		    if [ "$noclean" = "1" ]; then
- 			echo "*** Error: package script $script is not executable" >&2
- 			PKG_ERROR=1
-+		    else
-+			chmod a+x $script
-+		    fi
- 		fi
- 	done
- 
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/110-buildpackage.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/110-buildpackage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e62ee70cf..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/110-buildpackage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-buildpackage
-+++ b/ipkg-buildpackage
-@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
- 
- set -e
- 
--#SCRIPTDIR=/usr/local/bin
--SCRIPTDIR=/other/kurth/ipaq-dev/familiar/dist/ipkg/util/
-+SCRIPTDIR=/usr/local/bin
-+
-+IPKG_BUILD_OPTIONS=$*
- 
- SCRIPTNAME=`basename $0`
- 
-@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ done
- # build the ipk package
- owd=`pwd`
- cd ..
--ipkg-build /tmp/${pkg} || exit 1
-+ipkg-build $IPKG_BUILD_OPTIONS /tmp/${pkg} || exit 1
- 
- rm -rf /tmp/${pkg}
- 
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/111-buildpackage_conffiles.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/111-buildpackage_conffiles.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dacdaaefbd..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/111-buildpackage_conffiles.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-buildpackage
-+++ b/ipkg-buildpackage
-@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ fi
- mkdir /tmp/${pkg}/CONTROL
- 
- files_required="control"
--files_optional="preinst postinst prerm postrm"
-+files_optional="preinst postinst prerm postrm conffiles"
- 
- for i in ${files_required} ; do
- 	file=${CONTROL}/$i
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/120-build_tar.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/120-build_tar.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index acf6b79853..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/120-build_tar.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-This patch from aorlinsk fixes an issue with order in options passed to tar
-
-  http://openwrt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=8332#p8332
-
-
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ while getopts "cg:ho:v" opt; do
- 	g ) group=$OPTARG
- 	    ogargs="$ogargs --group=$group"
- 	    ;;
--        c ) outer=tar
-+        c ) outer=$TAR
-             ;;
-         C ) noclean=1
-             ;;
-@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ tmp_dir=$dest_dir/IPKG_BUILD.$$
- mkdir $tmp_dir
- 
- echo $CONTROL > $tmp_dir/tarX
--( cd $pkg_dir && tar $ogargs -czf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . -X $tmp_dir/tarX )
--( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && tar $ogargs -czf $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
-+( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -czf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
-+( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && $TAR $ogargs -czf $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
- rm $tmp_dir/tarX
- 
- echo "2.0" > $tmp_dir/debian-binary
-@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ rm -f $pkg_file
- if [ "$outer" = "ar" ] ; then
-   ( cd $tmp_dir && ar -crf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
- else
--  ( cd $tmp_dir && tar -zcf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
-+  ( cd $tmp_dir && $TAR -zcf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
- fi
- 
- rm $tmp_dir/debian-binary $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/130-tar_wildcards.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/130-tar_wildcards.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba949c1003..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/130-tar_wildcards.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg.py
-+++ b/ipkg.py
-@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ class Package:
-             self.filename = os.path.basename(fn)
- 	    ## sys.stderr.write("  extracting control.tar.gz from %s\n"% (fn,)) 
-             if self.isdeb:
--                control = os.popen("ar p "+fn+" control.tar.gz | tar xfzO - '*control'","r")
-+                control = os.popen("ar p "+fn+" control.tar.gz | tar xzO --wildcards -f - '*control'","r")
-             else:
--                control = os.popen("tar xfzO "+fn+" '*control.tar.gz' | tar xfzO - '*control'","r")
-+                control = os.popen("tar xzO --wildcards -f "+fn+" '*control.tar.gz' | tar xzO --wildcards -f - '*control'","r")
-             line = control.readline()
-             while 1:
-                 if not line: break
-@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Package:
-             if self.isdeb:
-                 data = os.popen("ar p "+fn+" data.tar.gz | tar tfz -","r")
-             else:
--                data = os.popen("tar xfzO "+fn+" '*data.tar.gz' | tar tfz -","r")
-+                data = os.popen("tar xzO --wildcards -f "+fn+" '*data.tar.gz' | tar tfz -","r")
-             while 1:
-                 line = data.readline()
-                 if not line: break
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/140-portability.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/140-portability.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 417c4094d4..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/140-portability.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ set -e
- 
- version=1.0
- 
-+TAR="${TAR:-$(which tar)}"
-+
- ipkg_extract_value() {
- 	sed -e "s/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//"
- }
---- a/ipkg-make-index
-+++ b/ipkg-make-index
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/usr/bin/python
-+#!/usr/bin/env python
- # $Id: ipkg-make-index,v 1.20 2003/10/30 02:32:09 jamey Exp $
- 
- import sys, os, posixpath
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/150-uppercase_letters.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/150-uppercase_letters.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cef200dcc8..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/150-uppercase_letters.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ You probably want to chown these to a sy
- 	disallowed_filename=`disallowed_field Filename`
- 	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
- 
--	if echo $pkg | grep '[^a-z0-9.+-]'; then
-+	if echo $pkg | grep '[^a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]'; then
- 		echo "*** Error: Package name $name contains illegal characters, (other than [a-z0-9.+-])" >&2
- 		PKG_ERROR=1;
- 	fi
---- a/ipkg-buildpackage
-+++ b/ipkg-buildpackage
-@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pkg_appears_sane_control() {
- 	required_field Maintainer >/dev/null
- 	required_field Description >/dev/null
- 
--	if echo $pkg | grep '[^a-z0-9.+-]'; then
-+	if echo $pkg | grep '[^a-zA-Z0-9.+-]'; then
- 		echo "ipkg-build: Error: Package name $name contains illegal characters, (other than [a-z0-9.+-])"
- 		PKG_ERROR=1;
- 	fi
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/160-find.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/160-find.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 45ef3c6517..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/160-find.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
- set -e
- 
- version=1.0
--
-+FIND="$(which find)"
-+FIND="${FIND:-$(which gfind)}"
- TAR="${TAR:-$(which tar)}"
- 
- ipkg_extract_value() {
-@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ pkg_appears_sane() {
- 
- 	PKG_ERROR=0
- 
--	cvs_dirs=`find . -name 'CVS'`
-+	cvs_dirs=`$FIND . -name 'CVS'`
- 	if [ -n "$cvs_dirs" ]; then
- 	    if [ "$noclean" = "1" ]; then
- 		echo "*** Warning: The following CVS directories where found.
-@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ You probably want to remove them: " >&2
- 	    fi
- 	fi
- 
--	tilde_files=`find . -name '*~'`
-+	tilde_files=`$FIND . -name '*~'`
- 	if [ -n "$tilde_files" ]; then
- 	    if [ "$noclean" = "1" ]; then
- 		echo "*** Warning: The following files have names ending in '~'.
-@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ You probably want to remove them: " >&2
- 	    fi
- 	fi
- 
--	large_uid_files=`find . -uid +99 || true`
-+	large_uid_files=`$FIND . -uid +99 || true`
- 
- 	if [ "$ogargs" = "" ]  && [ -n "$large_uid_files" ]; then
- 		echo "*** Warning: The following files have a UID greater than 99.
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/170-resolve_conffiles.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/170-resolve_conffiles.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 31faf30a03..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/170-resolve_conffiles.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ You probably want to chown these to a sy
- 	done
- 
- 	if [ -f $CONTROL/conffiles ]; then
--		for cf in `cat $CONTROL/conffiles`; do
--			if [ ! -f ./$cf ]; then
--				echo "*** Error: $CONTROL/conffiles mentions conffile $cf which does not exist" >&2
--				PKG_ERROR=1
--			fi
-+		rm -f $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved
-+
-+		for cf in `$FIND $(sed -e "s!^/!$pkg_dir/!" $CONTROL/conffiles) -type f`; do
-+			echo "${cf#$pkg_dir}" >> $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved
- 		done
-+
-+		rm $CONTROL/conffiles
-+		mv $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved $CONTROL/conffiles
-+		chmod 0644 $CONTROL/conffiles
- 	fi
- 
- 	cd $owd
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/180-add_installed_size.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/180-add_installed_size.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fb91a31909..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/180-add_installed_size.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ mkdir $tmp_dir
- 
- echo $CONTROL > $tmp_dir/tarX
- ( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -czf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
-+
-+installed_size=`stat -c "%s" $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz`
-+sed -i -e "s/^Installed-Size: .*/Installed-Size: $installed_size/" \
-+	$pkg_dir/$CONTROL/control
-+
- ( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && $TAR $ogargs -czf $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
- rm $tmp_dir/tarX
- 
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/190-preserve_permissions.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/190-preserve_permissions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27ba5217b0..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/190-preserve_permissions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ tmp_dir=$dest_dir/IPKG_BUILD.$$
- mkdir $tmp_dir
- 
- echo $CONTROL > $tmp_dir/tarX
--( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -czf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
-+# Preserve permissions (-p) when creating data.tar.gz as non-root user
-+( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -czpf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
- 
- installed_size=`du -b $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz | cut -f1`
- sed -i -e "s/^Installed-Size: .*/Installed-Size: $installed_size/" \
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/200-force_gnu_format.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/200-force_gnu_format.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f363acbc0d..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/200-force_gnu_format.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ mkdir $tmp_dir
- 
- echo $CONTROL > $tmp_dir/tarX
- # Preserve permissions (-p) when creating data.tar.gz as non-root user
--( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -czpf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
-+( cd $pkg_dir && $TAR $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX --format=gnu -czpf $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
- 
- installed_size=`stat -c "%s" $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz`
- sed -i -e "s/^Installed-Size: .*/Installed-Size: $installed_size/" \
- 	$pkg_dir/$CONTROL/control
- 
--( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && $TAR $ogargs -czf $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
-+( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && $TAR $ogargs --format=gnu -czf $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
- rm $tmp_dir/tarX
- 
- echo "2.0" > $tmp_dir/debian-binary
-@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ rm -f $pkg_file
- if [ "$outer" = "ar" ] ; then
-   ( cd $tmp_dir && ar -crf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
- else
--  ( cd $tmp_dir && $TAR -zcf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
-+  ( cd $tmp_dir && $TAR --format=gnu -zcf $pkg_file ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz )
- fi
- 
- rm $tmp_dir/debian-binary $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz
diff --git a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/210-remove_field_checks.patch b/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/210-remove_field_checks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f1f2eab38..0000000000
--- a/tools/ipkg-utils/patches/210-remove_field_checks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- a/ipkg-build
-+++ b/ipkg-build
-@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ You probably want to chown these to a sy
- 	arch=`required_field Architecture`
- 	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
- 
--	required_field Maintainer >/dev/null
--	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
--
- 	required_field Description >/dev/null
- 	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
- 
-@@ -114,23 +111,6 @@ You probably want to chown these to a sy
- 	    echo "admin, base, comm, editors, extras, games, graphics, kernel, libs, misc, net, text, web, x11" >&2
- 	fi
- 
--	priority=`required_field Priority`
--	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
--	if [ -z "$priority" ]; then
--	    echo "The Priority field should have one of the following values:" >&2
--	    echo "required, important, standard, optional, extra." >&2
--	    echo "If you don't know which priority value you should be using, then use \`optional'" >&2
--	fi
--
--	source=`required_field Source`
--	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
--	if [ -z "$source" ]; then
--	    echo "The Source field contain the URL's or filenames of the source code and any patches" 
--	    echo "used to build this package.  Either gnu-style tarballs or Debian source packages "
--	    echo "are acceptable.  Relative filenames may be used if they are distributed in the same"
--	    echo "directory as the .ipk file."
--	fi
--
- 	disallowed_filename=`disallowed_field Filename`
- 	[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && PKG_ERROR=1
-