diff -Naur libtar-1.2.11/lib/encode.c libtar-1.2.11.tar_header/lib/encode.c
--- libtar-1.2.11/lib/encode.c 2003-01-07 07:10:59.000000000 +0530
+++ libtar-1.2.11.tar_header/lib/encode.c 2009-11-20 11:13:25.166756167 +0530
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
int i, sum = 0;
if (t->options & TAR_GNU)
- strncpy(t->th_buf.magic, "ustar ", 8);
+ {
+ memcpy(t->th_buf.magic, "ustar ", 6);
+ memcpy(t->th_buf.version, " \0", 2);
+ }
else
{
strncpy(t->th_buf.version, TVERSION, TVERSLEN);