Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar 1.22.91(b) on Darwin 9.8.0

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Denis,
 
> The testsuite is OK except for the item #28 (extracting selected
> members from pax), where
> a sparse file is used. Since Darwin HFS is not capable of sparse
> files, this test, unless
> it is modified, should deserve skipping, in the same way as the other
> sparse*.at's.

I see. Definitely, it should be skipped in such case. I'll try to
figure out a reliable way of detecting whether the FS supports sparse
files or not.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Sergey