File tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch of Package tar

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File tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch of Package tar (Revision 8bfa0196250aaeb924714034b294d6c4)

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Index: tar-1.26/src/list.c
===================================================================
--- tar-1.26.orig/src/list.c	2011-02-16 23:12:16.000000000 +0100
+++ tar-1.26/src/list.c	2014-06-11 11:48:38.129824435 +0200
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ read_and (void (*do_something) (void))
 
 	  if (!ignore_zeros_option)
 	    {
+             /*
+              * 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.  For now,
+              * let's not be pedantic about issuing the warning.
+              */
+#if 0
+
 	      char buf[UINTMAX_STRSIZE_BOUND];
 
 	      status = read_header (&current_header, &current_stat_info,
@@ -221,6 +229,9 @@ read_and (void (*do_something) (void))
 	      WARNOPT (WARN_ALONE_ZERO_BLOCK,
 		       (0, 0, _("A lone zero block at %s"),
 			STRINGIFY_BIGINT (current_block_ordinal (), buf)));
+#endif
+	      status = read_header (&current_header, &current_stat_info,
+	                            read_header_auto);
 	      break;
 	    }
 	  status = prev_status;

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File tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch of Package tar (Revision 8bfa0196250aaeb924714034b294d6c4)

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