[Bug-tar] "invalid sparse archive member" during extract with 1.14

[Rob Browning]

If I create an archive with tar 1.14 like this:

tar czpSf foo.tgz -b 1024 \
  --null \
  --listed-incremental=foo.snap \
  --label=foo.label \
  --totals \
  --exclude='./cdrom/*' ... \
  .

and then I try to extract part of the archive like this:

  tar xzvpSf foo.tgz --listed-incremental=foo.snap -b 1024 ./etc/gdm

I get a bunch of warnings like this:

tar: ./home/rlb/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/cert8.db: invalid sparse 
archive member
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: ./home/rlb/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/key3.db: invalid sparse 
archive member
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: ./home/rlb/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/Cache/_CACHE_003_: invalid 
sparse archive member

Is that expected?

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Rob Browning
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