diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.10/src/archives.c ./src/archives.c
--- ../dpkg-1.17.10/src/archives.c	2014-06-05 19:56:33.000000000 +0200
+++ ./src/archives.c	2014-06-06 03:46:40.636882807 +0200
@@ -354,8 +354,10 @@
             namenode->statoverride->uid,
             namenode->statoverride->gid,
             namenode->statoverride->mode);
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     if (fchown(fd, st->uid, st->gid))
       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of `%.255s'"), te->name);
+#endif
     if (fchmod(fd, st->mode & ~S_IFMT))
       ohshite(_("error setting permissions of `%.255s'"), te->name);
 
@@ -468,11 +470,15 @@
     return; /* Already handled using the file descriptor. */
 
   if (te->type == TAR_FILETYPE_SYMLINK) {
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     if (lchown(path, st->uid, st->gid))
       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of symlink `%.255s'"), path);
+#endif
   } else {
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     if (chown(path, st->uid, st->gid))
       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of `%.255s'"), path);
+#endif
     if (chmod(path, st->mode & ~S_IFMT))
       ohshite(_("error setting permissions of `%.255s'"), path);
   }
@@ -1142,8 +1148,10 @@
       varbuf_end_str(&symlinkfn);
       if (symlink(symlinkfn.buf,fnametmpvb.buf))
         ohshite(_("unable to make backup symlink for `%.255s'"), ti->name);
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
       if (lchown(fnametmpvb.buf,stab.st_uid,stab.st_gid))
         ohshite(_("unable to chown backup symlink for `%.255s'"), ti->name);
+#endif
       tarobject_set_se_context(fnamevb.buf, fnametmpvb.buf, stab.st_mode);
     } else {
       debug(dbg_eachfiledetail, "tarobject nondirectory, 'link' backup");