make prereq failed with tar checking, but my 'tar' is the latest version.

[willendzw]

Checking 'working-make'... ok.
Checking 'case-sensitive-fs'... ok.
Checking 'gcc'... ok.
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Checking 'g++'... ok.
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Checking 'ncurses'... ok.
Checking 'zlib'... ok.
Checking 'libssl'... ok.
Checking 'tar'... failed.
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Checking 'svn'... ok.
Checking 'git'... ok.
Checking 'file'... ok.
Checking 'openssl'... ok.
Checking 'ldconfig-stub'... ok.

Build dependency: Please install GNU 'tar'

/home/willen/code/openwrt/openwrt/include/prereq.mk:12: recipe for target 'prereq' failed
Prerequisite check failed. Use FORCE=1 to override.
/home/willen/code/openwrt/openwrt/include/toplevel.mk:140: recipe for target 'staging_dir/host/.prereq-build' failed
make[1]: *** [staging_dir/host/.prereq-build] Error 1
/home/willen/code/openwrt/openwrt/include/toplevel.mk:69: recipe for target 'prepare-tmpinfo' failed
make: *** [prepare-tmpinfo] Error 2

tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.28
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