building a bootstrapping toolchain.
        rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/*.la*
        # gcc "fixincludes" step is totally broken and takes unwanted
        # stuff from the host system.  Fix that here.
+ifeq ($(USE_UCLIBC_TOOLCHAIN),true)
        rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/gcc-lib/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/*/include/*
        -cp -a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/gcc-lib/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/*/include/* \
                $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/gcc-lib/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/*/include/
+endif
        touch -c $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/gcc
 
 gcc_target: uclibc_target binutils_target $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/gcc
 
 # tar
 #
 #############################################################
-GNUTAR_SOURCE:=tar-1.13.tar.gz
-GNUTAR_SITE:=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar
-GNUTAR_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/tar-1.13
+GNUTAR_SOURCE:=tar-1.13.25.tar.gz
+GNUTAR_SITE:=ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar
+GNUTAR_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/tar-1.13.25
 GNUTAR_CAT:=zcat
 GNUTAR_BINARY:=src/tar
 GNUTAR_TARGET_BINARY:=bin/tar