diff --git a/tar/.md5sum b/tar/.md5sum
index 9ed280b0..aa143a23 100644
--- a/tar/.md5sum
+++ b/tar/.md5sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 6a56bc4bb64fc9bb48d28e66a30ad937  rmt.8
-d51593461c5ef1f7e37134f22338bb9e  tar-1.16.1.tar.bz2
-3127a182050481f5dd5108a40228adbc  tar-rootp.patch
-ee376e4ebc14d72d243b4dd4f2b9553d  tar.1
+70170208d7c1bb9ab40120579434b6a3  tar-1.18.tar.bz2
+e4038247fa36a51d2784e163f58f6e38  tar-rootp.patch
+7c2293e8c051ade56db42daf2279e5eb  tar.1
diff --git a/tar/Pkgfile b/tar/Pkgfile
index d805c6a0..5683aea6 100644
--- a/tar/Pkgfile
+++ b/tar/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer:  CRUX System Team, core-ports at crux dot nu
 
 name=tar
-version=1.16.1
+version=1.18
 release=1
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2 \
         $name-rootp.patch tar.1 rmt.8)
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ build() {
     cd $name-$version
     patch -p1 -i $SRC/$name-rootp.patch
     ./configure --prefix= \
-		--libexec=/usr/lib/tar \
-		--disable-nls
+                --libexec=/usr/lib/tar \
+                --disable-nls
     make
     make DESTDIR=$PKG install
     rm -rf $PKG/{sbin,share}
diff --git a/tar/tar-rootp.patch b/tar/tar-rootp.patch
index 3d0430fc..1b34c74e 100644
--- a/tar/tar-rootp.patch
+++ b/tar/tar-rootp.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-Don't keep permissions by default if we are root.
-
-diff -aur tar-1.16.orig/src/extract.c tar-1.16/src/extract.c
---- tar-1.16.orig/src/extract.c	2006-06-24 18:56:56.000000000 +0200
-+++ tar-1.16/src/extract.c	2006-10-22 18:53:38.706626788 +0200
-@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@
+diff -Nru tar-1.18.orig/src/extract.c tar-1.18/src/extract.c
+--- tar-1.18.orig/src/extract.c	2007-07-05 08:19:23.000000000 +0200
++++ tar-1.18/src/extract.c	2007-07-05 08:19:37.000000000 +0200
+@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@
  extr_init (void)
  {
    we_are_root = geteuid () == 0;
diff --git a/tar/tar.1 b/tar/tar.1
index a80b8083..ad32bbb0 100644
--- a/tar/tar.1
+++ b/tar/tar.1
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ only append files that are newer than copy in archive
 extract files from an archive
 .SH "OTHER OPTIONS"
 .TP
+.B \-\-allow\-name\-mangling
+re-enable handling of GNUTYPE_NAMES which is now disabled by default
+.TP
 .B \-\-anchored	
 force exclusion patterns to match initial subsequences
 .TP
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ use record size of Nx512 bytes (default N=20)
 .B \-B, \-\-read\-full\-records
 reblock as we read (for reading 4.2BSD pipes)
 .TP
-.B \-\-backup [TYPE]
+.B \-\-backup[\=TYPE]
 back up files instead of overwriting (TYPE=numbered, existing, simple)
 .TP 
 .B \-C, \-\-directory DIR	
@@ -142,8 +145,8 @@ keep existing files; don't overwrite them from archive
 .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
+.B \-l, \-\-check\-links
+print a message if not all links are dumped
 .TP
 .B \-L, \-\-tape\-length N	
 change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ match patterns case sensitively (the default)
 .B \-\-no\-recursion
 do not recurse into subdirectories
 .TP
-.B \-\-no\-same\-owner
+.B \-o, \-\-no\-same\-owner
 extract files with owner set to current user (the default for non-root
 users)
 .TP
@@ -191,8 +194,14 @@ for \-T, use "NUL" instead of newline as filename terminator
 .B \-\-numeric\-owner
 always use numbers for user/group names
 .TP
-.B \-o, \-\-old\-archive, \-\-portability	
-write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format
+.B \-\-old\-archive, \-\-portability	
+write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format.  These options are
+deprecated, please use 
+.B \-\-format\=v7
+instead.
+.TP
+.B \-\-one\-file\-system	
+stay in local file system when creating an archive
 .TP
 .B \-\-owner O
 set owner to O while adding files
@@ -207,7 +216,10 @@ ignore umask when extracting files (the default for root)
 don't strip leading `/'s from file names
 .TP
 .B \-\-posix
-create POSIX compliant archive
+create POSIX compliant archive.  This option is deprecated,
+please use 
+.B \-\-format\=posix
+instead.
 .TP
 .B \-\-preserve		
 like \-p \-s