diff --git a/archiver/tar/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch b/archiver/tar/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f66ae5811..000000000
--- a/archiver/tar/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,356 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../tar/tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- ./tar.1.manpage	Mon Oct 30 12:52:03 2000
-+++ ./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/archiver/tar/tar-1.26-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch b/archiver/tar/tar-1.26-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 275155e7e..000000000
--- a/archiver/tar/tar-1.26-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../tar/tar-1.26-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-Since the 2.16 release of the glibc, 'gets' is not defined in the gnulib anymore
-
-This is a hack until upstream pulls in a new gnulib version
-
-Within gnulib this issue was already adsressed in the following commit:
-
-http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=66712c23388e93e5c518ebc8515140fa0c80734
-
---- tar-1.26/gnu/stdio.in.h.orig	2012-08-05 05:24:10.869839261 +0200
-+++ tar-1.26/gnu/stdio.in.h	2012-08-05 05:24:27.415681108 +0200
-@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
--_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
diff --git a/archiver/tar/tar.conf b/archiver/tar/tar.conf
index e975f18cd..bd94e2cae 100644
--- a/archiver/tar/tar.conf
+++ b/archiver/tar/tar.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../tar/tar.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2014 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ atstage cross && var_append configcache ' ' "ac_cv_c_restrict=__restrict"
 
 if ! atstage toolchain; then
 	hook_add postmake 5 "mv -v $root/usr/bin/tar $root/bin/tar ; \
-		install -m 0644 -o root -g root ${builddir}/$pkg-$ver/tar.1 $root/usr/man/man1/"
-
 	# put 'rmt' into sbin directory
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--libexecdir=$sbindir'
 fi
diff --git a/archiver/tar/tar.desc b/archiver/tar/tar.desc
index 8cab364ba..d18be8056 100644
--- a/archiver/tar/tar.desc
+++ b/archiver/tar/tar.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../tar/tar.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2014 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.26
+[V] 1.28
 [P] X 01---5---9 108.300
 
-[D] 1092717027 tar-1.26.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
+[D] 2523647134 tar-1.28.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/