--- tar-1.14/src/list.c.loneZeroWarning	2004-05-10 13:49:09.000000000 +0200
+++ tar-1.14/src/list.c	2004-10-11 14:19:31.492760992 +0200
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@
 
 	  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 (false);
@@ -145,6 +152,7 @@
 		break;
 	      WARN ((0, 0, _("A lone zero block at %s"),
 		     STRINGIFY_BIGINT (current_block_ordinal (), buf)));
+#endif
 	      break;
 	    }
 	  status = prev_status;