well, using the 4.x-1999.... version , ftape compiled! however, the same version of the ftape-tools yeilded: ftfmt-tapelib.o: In function `raw_mode_onoff': /usr/src/ftape-tools-1999_09_11/src/ftformat/ftfmt-tapelib.c:123: undefined reference to `minor' /usr/src/ftape-tools-1999_09_11/src/ftformat/ftfmt-tapelib.c:125: undefined reference to `minor' this may be pilot error, though. i'll have to take a closer look.
