--- tar-1.13.19/src/incremen.c.sux	Thu May 17 14:16:47 2001
+++ tar-1.13.19/src/incremen.c	Thu May 17 14:17:00 2001
@@ -182,8 +182,11 @@
     struct directory *directory; /* for checking if already already seen */
     enum children children;
 
+    if (! dirp) {
-    if (! dirp)
       savedir_error (path);
+      errno = 1;
+      return NULL;
+    }
     errno = 0;
 
     name_buffer_size = strlen (path) + NAME_FIELD_SIZE;