diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index 2117b5765a8..085ee46f172 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-10  Gerald Pfeifer  <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
+
+	* gcc_release (build_diff): Properly use ${TAR} instead of
+	hard-coded tar.
+
 2003-05-28  Gerald Pfeifer  <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
 
 	* snapshot-index.html: Refer to .bz2 files instead of .gz files. 
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
index df6ad80ae2f..c5fa0d4ae01 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ build_diff() {
   tmpdir=gccdiff.$$
   mkdir $tmpdir || error "Could not create directory $tmpdir"
   changedir $tmpdir
-  tar xfz $1 || error "Could not unpack $1 for diffs"
-  tar xfz $3 || error "Could not unpack $3 for diffs"
+  ${TAR} xfz $1 || error "Could not unpack $1 for diffs"
+  ${TAR} xfz $3 || error "Could not unpack $3 for diffs"
   ${DIFF} $2 $4 > ../${5%.gz}
   if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
     error "Trouble making diffs from $1 to $3"