Ubuntu has a patch for this.
diff -pruN 1.5a67-1.1/debian/rules 1.5a67-1.1ubuntu1/debian/rules
--- 1.5a67-1.1/debian/rules 2007-09-18 19:05:00.000000000 +0100
+++ 1.5a67-1.1ubuntu1/debian/rules 2007-09-18 20:12:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ install: build
ln -sf i586-linux-cc.rul RULES/ia64-linux-cc.rul
smake install INS_BASE=$(CURDIR)/debian/star
# fix the mess star's make install creates:
- -rm $(CURDIR)/debian/star/bin/{,us}tar
+ -rm $(CURDIR)/debian/star/bin/ustar $(CURDIR)/debian/star/bin/tar
rm $(CURDIR)/debian/star/bin/mt
mv $(CURDIR)/debian/star/bin/smt $(CURDIR)/debian/star/bin/mt-star
mv $(CURDIR)/debian/star/sbin/rmt $(CURDIR)/debian/star/sbin/rmt-star
mv $(CURDIR)/debian/star/man/man1/smt.1 $(CURDIR)/debian/star/usr/share/man/man1/mt-star.1
mv $(CURDIR)/debian/star/man/man1/rmt.1 $(CURDIR)/debian/star/usr/share/man/man8/rmt-star.8
mv $(CURDIR)/debian/star/man/man1/* $(CURDIR)/debian/star/usr/share/man/man1
- rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/star/{include,lib,man}
+ rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/star/include $(CURDIR)/debian/star/lib $(CURDIR)/debian/star/man
-cp AN-$(VERSION) $(CURDIR)/debian/star/usr/share/doc/star
