--- tar-1.14/src/list.c.orig 2004-05-10 13:49:09.000000000 +0200 +++ tar-1.14/src/list.c 2004-09-08 18:48:34.473169312 +0200 @@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ if (!ignore_zeros_option) { + break; + + /* + * According to POSIX tar specs, this is wrong, but on the web + * there are some tar specs that can trigger this, and some tar + * implementations create tars according to that spec... + * + char buf[UINTMAX_STRSIZE_BOUND]; status = read_header (false); @@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ WARN ((0, 0, _("A lone zero block at %s"), STRINGIFY_BIGINT (current_block_ordinal (), buf))); break; + */ } status = prev_status; continue;