Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH 1/2] tests: new test sparse04 for --sparse --posix and long names

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Kamil,

> attached are a regression test and sort of initial version of a fix
> for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/656834 -- the problem is that during 
> xheader_decode(), the file name obtained from "GNU.sparse.name" is later 
> overriden by the dummy name stored in "path",

It is intended, and in fact this is what the path keyword is for.
According to the standard:

  [path is the] pathname of the following file(s). This record shall
  override the name and prefix fields in the following header
  block(s).

Regards,
Sergey