checking whether mknod can create fifo without root privileges... configure: error: in `/root/openwrt/build_dir/host/tar-1.34': configure: error: you should not run configure as root (set FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 in environment to bypass this check)

[KyleSanderson]

Please make sure that the issue subject starts with <package-name>:

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[Spudz76]

Then don't build as root, probably.