--- branches/mage-next/src/etc-update.in	2014/03/27 08:11:16	2636
+++ branches/mage-next/src/etc-update.in	2014/03/27 08:15:57	2637
@@ -311,7 +311,11 @@
 			read my_input
 			case ${my_input} in
 				1) echo "Replacing ${ofile} with ${mfile}"
-				   chmod --reference=${ofile} ${mfile}
+				   # busybox does not support --reference
+				   if ! chmod --reference=${ofile} ${mfile} > /dev/null 2&>1
+				   then
+				      chmod $(stat -c %a ${ofile}) ${mfile}
+				   fi
 				   mv ${mv_opts} ${mfile} ${ofile}
 				   rm ${rm_opts} ${file}
 				   return 255