thanks egres. you're right: another package depends on busybox with the particular version string "3:1.6.1.legal-1osso7". I think it is just a warning though and shouldn't affect anything. i don't really like the idea of using an identical version string, but what do others think?

there might be another way to package the extra busybox components without conflicting with the original package (just redirecting some symlinks to an alternate binary)