Index: BOOK/final-system/common/tar.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/final-system/common/tar.xml	(revision ad01a6ac24869aa9e44e200fb9978d83dab5bfcd)
+++ BOOK/final-system/common/tar.xml	(revision add0598cdc240c4bc7fb05cc4796af82e23f4666)
@@ -25,18 +25,4 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Tar</title>
-
-<para os="p1">Apply a patch to fix some issues with the test suite when using
-GCC-&gcc-version;:</para>
-
-<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-gcc4_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para os="p3">Tar has a bug when the <option>-S</option> option is used with
-    files larger than 4 GB. The following patch properly fixes this issue:</para>
-
-<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-sparse_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para os="p5">This patch fixes a security vulnerability in Tar:</para>
-
-<screen os="p6"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-security_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
     <para os="a">Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
Index: BOOK/final-system/multilib/tar.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/final-system/multilib/tar.xml	(revision ad01a6ac24869aa9e44e200fb9978d83dab5bfcd)
+++ BOOK/final-system/multilib/tar.xml	(revision add0598cdc240c4bc7fb05cc4796af82e23f4666)
@@ -21,28 +21,4 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Tar</title>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-    href="../common/tar.xml"
-    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p1'])"/>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-    href="../common/tar.xml"
-    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p2'])"/>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-    href="../common/tar.xml"
-    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p3'])"/>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-    href="../common/tar.xml"
-    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p4'])"/>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-    href="../common/tar.xml"
-    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p5'])"/>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-    href="../common/tar.xml"
-    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p6'])"/>
 
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
Index: BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml	(revision ad01a6ac24869aa9e44e200fb9978d83dab5bfcd)
+++ BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml	(revision add0598cdc240c4bc7fb05cc4796af82e23f4666)
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@
           <para>[jim] - Updated to IPRoute2 2.6.18-061002.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[jim] - Updated to Tar 1.16.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
Index: BOOK/materials/common/patches.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/materials/common/patches.xml	(revision ad01a6ac24869aa9e44e200fb9978d83dab5bfcd)
+++ BOOK/materials/common/patches.xml	(revision add0598cdc240c4bc7fb05cc4796af82e23f4666)
@@ -209,31 +209,4 @@
 
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Tar GCC-4.x Fix Patch - <token>&tar-gcc4_fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink
-        url="&patches-root;&tar-gcc4_fix-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&tar-gcc4_fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Tar Security Fix Patch - <token>&tar-security_fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink
-        url="&patches-root;&tar-security_fixes-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&tar-security_fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Tar Sparse Fix Patch - <token>&tar-sparse_fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink
-        url="&patches-root;&tar-sparse_fix-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&tar-sparse_fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry>
        <term>Texinfo Tempfile Fix Patch - <token>&texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
        <listitem>
Index: BOOK/packages.ent
===================================================================
--- BOOK/packages.ent	(revision ad01a6ac24869aa9e44e200fb9978d83dab5bfcd)
+++ BOOK/packages.ent	(revision add0598cdc240c4bc7fb05cc4796af82e23f4666)
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-home " ">
 
-<!ENTITY tar-version "1.15.1">
-<!ENTITY tar-size "1,574 KB">
+<!ENTITY tar-version "1.16">
+<!ENTITY tar-size "1,744 KB">
 <!ENTITY tar-url "&gnu;tar/tar-&tar-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY tar-md5 "57da3c38f8e06589699548a34d5a5d07">
+<!ENTITY tar-md5 "d6fe544e834a8f9db6e6c7c2d38ec100">
 <!ENTITY tar-home "&gnu-software;tar/">
 
Index: BOOK/patches.ent
===================================================================
--- BOOK/patches.ent	(revision ad01a6ac24869aa9e44e200fb9978d83dab5bfcd)
+++ BOOK/patches.ent	(revision add0598cdc240c4bc7fb05cc4796af82e23f4666)
@@ -97,16 +97,4 @@
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fixes-patch-size "28 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY tar-gcc4_fix-patch "tar-&tar-version;-gcc4_fix_tests-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY tar-gcc4_fix-patch-md5 "8e286a1394e6bcf2907f13801770a72a">
-<!ENTITY tar-gcc4_fix-patch-size "1.2 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY tar-security_fixes-patch "tar-&tar-version;-security_fixes-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY tar-security_fixes-patch-md5 "19876e726d9cec9ce1508e3af74dc22e">
-<!ENTITY tar-security_fixes-patch-size "3.9 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY tar-sparse_fix-patch "tar-&tar-version;-sparse_fix-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY tar-sparse_fix-patch-md5 "9e3623f7c88d8766878ecb27c980d86a">
-<!ENTITY tar-sparse_fix-patch-size "1 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch "texinfo-&texinfo-version;-tempfile_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch-md5 "559bda136a2ac7777ecb67511227af85">
