diff --git a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link/link-vfat-libs.patch b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link/link-vfat-libs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f495f9f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link/link-vfat-libs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- ipkg-utils/ipkg-link.orig	2006-04-05 00:08:28.518992136 +0200
++++ ipkg-utils/ipkg-link	2006-04-05 00:08:40.399186072 +0200
+@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@
+ 				`ln -s "$PREFIX$line" "$line"`
+ 			fi
+ 		fi
++		
++		# The next function checks whether the _source_ file (ie: /media/card/something)
++		# does actually exist. If it doesn't, it could by a library symlink (ie: libsomething.0.1 -> libsomething.0)
++		# Since VFAT & friends do not support symlinks, these library links would not exist after installation
++		# and trying to symlink them into the rootfs with ipkg-link results in unconnected symlinks in the rootfs.
++		# So we use the real lib file in /media/card/whatever and create all needed symlinks in the rootfs
++		# using the real file as source.
++                               
++		if [ ! -e "$PREFIX$line" ]; then
++			if ( echo "$line" | grep -q "lib" ) ; then
++				libsearchfile=$(echo $line | sed -e "s#[a-z0-9/.]*/##g")
++				libfoundfiles=$(find $PREFIX -name "$libsearchfile*")
++                      
++				for liblinkfile in $libfoundfiles; do
++					echo "Linking $line to $liblinkfile"
++					# link will be pointing to nowhere
++					if test -L $line; then
++						rm -f $line
++					fi
++				ln -s $liblinkfile $line 
++	                      done
++			else
++				echo "WARNING: Source file [$PREFIX$line] is missing!"
++			fi
++                fi
+ 	done
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link_1.6cvs.bb b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
similarity index 67%
rename from openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link_1.6cvs.bb
rename to openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
index 94f749cf62..35e5ba1086 100644
--- a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link_1.6cvs.bb
+++ b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-link_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ SECTION = "base"
 DESCRIPTION = "Itsy Package Manager utilities link script"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 CONFLICTS = "ipkg-utils"
-PV_append = "${SRCDATE}"
-PR = "r1"
+SRCDATE = "20050404"
+PR = "r4"
+
+SRC_URI = "${HANDHELDS_CVS};module=ipkg-utils \
+	   file://link-vfat-libs.patch;patch=1"
 
-SRC_URI = "${HANDHELDS_CVS};module=ipkg-utils"
-	   	   
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ipkg-utils"
 
 do_compile() {
diff --git a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native/ipkg-utils-fix.patch b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native/ipkg-utils-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9e6fc4d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native/ipkg-utils-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- ../../../work/i686-linux/ipkg-utils-native-1.6+cvs20050404-r6/ipkg-utils/ipkg.py	2005-01-08 19:08:52.000000000 +0100
++++ ipkg-utils/ipkg.py	2006-06-29 12:52:58.466446000 +0200
+@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@
+             stat = os.stat(fn)
+             self.size = stat[ST_SIZE]
+             self.filename = os.path.basename(fn)
+-	    ## sys.stderr.write("  extracting control.tar.gz from %s\n"% (fn,)) 
++	    sys.stderr.write("  extracting control.tar.gz from %s\n"% (fn,)) 
+             if self.isdeb:
+-                control = os.popen("ar p "+fn+" control.tar.gz | tar xfzO - '*control'","r")
++                control = os.popen("ar p "+fn+" control.tar.gz | tar xfzO - './control'","r")
+             else:
+-                control = os.popen("tar xfzO "+fn+" '*control.tar.gz' | tar xfzO - '*control'","r")
++                control = os.popen("tar xfzO "+fn+" 'control.tar.gz' | tar xfzO - './control'","r")
+             line = control.readline()
+             while 1:
+                 if not line: break
diff --git a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native_1.6cvs.bb b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
similarity index 56%
rename from openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native_1.6cvs.bb
rename to openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
index 7b66751614..ab8f4d63e0 100644
--- a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native_1.6cvs.bb
+++ b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils-native_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-SECTION = "base"
 include ipkg-utils_${PV}.bb
-PR = "r4"
-inherit native
-DEPENDS = ""
+SRC_URI += "file://ipkg-utils-fix.patch;patch=1"
+
 RDEPENDS = ""
+PR = "r7"
+
+inherit native
+
+# Avoid circular dependencies from package_ipk.bbclass
+PACKAGES = ""
 
 do_stage() {
         for i in ${INSTALL}; do
diff --git a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils_1.6cvs.bb b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
similarity index 88%
rename from openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils_1.6cvs.bb
rename to openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
index 059ce8cb58..12ed042f15 100644
--- a/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils_1.6cvs.bb
+++ b/openembedded/packages/ipkg-utils/ipkg-utils_1.6+cvs20050404.bb
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Itsy Package Manager utilities"
-DEPENDS = ""
 SECTION = "base"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Chris Larson <kergoth@handhelds.org>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 CONFLICTS = "ipkg-link"
 RDEPENDS = "python"
-PV_append = "${SRCDATE}"
-PR = "r9"
+SRCDATE = "20050404"
+PR = "r11"
 
 SRC_URI = "${HANDHELDS_CVS};module=ipkg-utils"
-	   
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ipkg-utils"
 
 INSTALL = "ipkg-build ipkg-deb-unbuild ipkg-unbuild ipkg-compare-versions ipkg-upload ipkg-make-index ipkg-link ipkg.py"