Actually, reading that Debian report, it seems that dh_builddeb should just have a changed argument order.
** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: tar => debhelper -- "tar --null" complains about NULs in filenames https://launchpad.net/bugs/57225 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs