diff -rub util-linux-2.12p/debian/rules util-linux-patched/debian/rules
--- util-linux-2.12p/debian/rules	2006-02-17 20:10:51.000000000 +0200
+++ util-linux-patched/debian/rules	2006-02-17 20:38:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 ifndef DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM
 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM)
 endif
+DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM := $(DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM:linux-gnu=linux)
 
 export arch = $(DEB_HOST_ARCH)