pkgtools/bootstrap-mk-files unprivileged install fails on Debian 8

["Sevan / Venture37" <venture37%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,
Attempting to run mk/pbulk/pbulk.sh -u on Debian 8 (unsure if it's
applicable to previous releases (untested)), the setup process fails
with

===> Configuring for bootstrap-mk-files-20141122
cd /tmp/work/wrk/pkgtools/bootstrap-mk-files/work/bootstrap-mk-files-20141122;
for file in bsd.* sys.mk; do test ! -f mods/Linux.$file || /bin/cp -f
mods/Linux.$file
/tmp/work/wrk/pkgtools/bootstrap-mk-files/work/bootstrap-mk-files-20141122/$file;
done
cd /tmp/work/wrk/pkgtools/bootstrap-mk-files/work/bootstrap-mk-files-20141122;
if test -f mods/Linux.bsd.own.mk.in; then
own_mk=mods/Linux.bsd.own.mk.in; else own_mk=mods/bsd.own.mk.in; fi;
/bin/sed -e 's|@ROOT_GROUP@|'sme'|g' -e 's|@ROOT_USER@|'sme'|g' -e
's|@SYSCONFDIR@|'/home/sme/pkg/etc'|g' $own_mk > bsd.own.mk
===> Installing for bootstrap-mk-files-20141122
=> Creating installation directories
cd /tmp/work/wrk/pkgtools/bootstrap-mk-files/work/bootstrap-mk-files-20141122
&& for file in bsd.* sys.mk; do /usr/bin/install -c -o sme -g sme -m
644 $file /home/sme/pkg/share/mk/$file; done
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.README’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.dep.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.depall.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.doc.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.files.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.hostprog.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.inc.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.info.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.kernobj.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.kinc.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.kmod.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.links.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.man.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.nls.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.obj.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.own.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.subdir.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/bsd.sys.mk’: Invalid argument
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of
‘/home/sme/pkg/share/mk/sys.mk’: Invalid argument
*** Error code 1


Sevan / Venture37