diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 86e3e43..464aed0 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-tar-1.14.tar.bz2
+tar-1.15.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b929c4c..2dd00ea 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f1932e0fbd4641885bfdcc75495c91b7  tar-1.14.tar.bz2
+d87021366fe6488e9dc398fcdcb6ed7d  tar-1.15.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/tar-1.14-loneZeroWarning.patch b/tar-1.14-loneZeroWarning.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e752e..0000000
--- a/tar-1.14-loneZeroWarning.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- 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;
diff --git a/tar-1.14-nolibrt.patch b/tar-1.14-nolibrt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b1d20d..0000000
--- a/tar-1.14-nolibrt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,223 +0,0 @@
---- tar-1.14/configure.librt	2004-06-07 17:22:05.777889401 -0400
-+++ tar-1.14/configure	2004-06-07 17:22:50.460419882 -0400
-@@ -9907,20 +9907,20 @@
-   # dnl Persuade glibc <time.h> to declare these functions.
- 
- 
--  # Solaris 2.5.1 needs -lposix4 to get the clock_gettime function.
-+  # Solaris 2.5.1 needs -lposix4 to get the clock_gettyme function.
-   # Solaris 7 prefers the library name -lrt to the obsolescent name -lposix4.
- 
-   # Save and restore LIBS so e.g., -lrt, isn't added to it.  Otherwise, *all*
-   # programs in the package would end up linked with that potentially-shared
-   # library, inducing unnecessary run-time overhead.
-   fetish_saved_libs=$LIBS
--    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing clock_gettime" >&5
--echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing clock_gettime... $ECHO_C" >&6
--if test "${ac_cv_search_clock_gettime+set}" = set; then
-+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing clock_gettyme" >&5
-+echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing clock_gettyme... $ECHO_C" >&6
-+if test "${ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme+set}" = set; then
-   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
- else
-   ac_func_search_save_LIBS=$LIBS
--ac_cv_search_clock_gettime=no
-+ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme=no
- cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
- /* confdefs.h.  */
- _ACEOF
-@@ -9934,11 +9934,11 @@
- #endif
- /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
--char clock_gettime ();
-+char clock_gettyme ();
- int
- main ()
- {
--clock_gettime ();
-+clock_gettyme ();
-   ;
-   return 0;
- }
-@@ -9965,7 +9965,7 @@
-   ac_status=$?
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
--  ac_cv_search_clock_gettime="none required"
-+  ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme="none required"
- else
-   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
- sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-@@ -9973,7 +9973,7 @@
- fi
- rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-       conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
--if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" = no; then
-+if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" = no; then
-   for ac_lib in rt posix4; do
-     LIBS="-l$ac_lib  $ac_func_search_save_LIBS"
-     cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-@@ -9989,11 +9989,11 @@
- #endif
- /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
--char clock_gettime ();
-+char clock_gettyme ();
- int
- main ()
- {
--clock_gettime ();
-+clock_gettyme ();
-   ;
-   return 0;
- }
-@@ -10020,7 +10020,7 @@
-   ac_status=$?
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
--  ac_cv_search_clock_gettime="-l$ac_lib"
-+  ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme="-l$ac_lib"
- break
- else
-   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-@@ -10033,18 +10033,18 @@
- fi
- LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS
- fi
--echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" >&5
--echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" >&6
--if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" != no; then
--  test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime $LIBS"
--  test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" = "none required" ||
--                    LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME=$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime
-+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" >&5
-+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" >&6
-+if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" != no; then
-+  test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme $LIBS"
-+  test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" = "none required" ||
-+                    LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME=$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme
- fi
- 
- 
- 
- 
--for ac_func in clock_gettime clock_settime
-+for ac_func in clock_gettyme clock_settime
- do
- as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
- echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
-@@ -13823,7 +13823,7 @@
- 
- # gettime
- 
--    # Need clock_gettime.
-+    # Need clock_gettyme.
- 
- 
- 
-@@ -17829,17 +17829,17 @@
- # programs in the package would end up linked with that potentially-shared
- # library, inducing unnecessary run-time overhead.
- 
--# Solaris 2.5.1 needs -lposix4 to get the clock_gettime function.
-+# Solaris 2.5.1 needs -lposix4 to get the clock_gettyme function.
- # Solaris 7 prefers the library name -lrt to the obsolescent name -lposix4.
- tar_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-   LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME=
--  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing clock_gettime" >&5
--echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing clock_gettime... $ECHO_C" >&6
--if test "${ac_cv_search_clock_gettime+set}" = set; then
-+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing clock_gettyme" >&5
-+echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing clock_gettyme... $ECHO_C" >&6
-+if test "${ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme+set}" = set; then
-   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
- else
-   ac_func_search_save_LIBS=$LIBS
--ac_cv_search_clock_gettime=no
-+ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme=no
- cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
- /* confdefs.h.  */
- _ACEOF
-@@ -17853,11 +17853,11 @@
- #endif
- /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
--char clock_gettime ();
-+char clock_gettyme ();
- int
- main ()
- {
--clock_gettime ();
-+clock_gettyme ();
-   ;
-   return 0;
- }
-@@ -17884,7 +17884,7 @@
-   ac_status=$?
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
--  ac_cv_search_clock_gettime="none required"
-+  ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme="none required"
- else
-   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
- sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-@@ -17892,7 +17892,7 @@
- fi
- rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-       conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
--if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" = no; then
-+if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" = no; then
-   for ac_lib in rt posix4; do
-     LIBS="-l$ac_lib  $ac_func_search_save_LIBS"
-     cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-@@ -17908,11 +17908,11 @@
- #endif
- /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
--char clock_gettime ();
-+char clock_gettyme ();
- int
- main ()
- {
--clock_gettime ();
-+clock_gettyme ();
-   ;
-   return 0;
- }
-@@ -17939,7 +17939,7 @@
-   ac_status=$?
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
--  ac_cv_search_clock_gettime="-l$ac_lib"
-+  ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme="-l$ac_lib"
- break
- else
-   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-@@ -17952,19 +17952,19 @@
- fi
- LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS
- fi
--echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" >&5
--echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" >&6
--if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" != no; then
--  test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime $LIBS"
-+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" >&5
-+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" >&6
-+if test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" != no; then
-+  test "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme $LIBS"
- 
- fi
- 
--  case "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime" in
--    -l*) LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME=$ac_cv_search_clock_gettime;;
-+  case "$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme" in
-+    -l*) LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME=$ac_cv_search_clock_gettyme;;
-   esac
- 
- 
--for ac_func in clock_gettime
-+for ac_func in clock_gettyme
- do
- as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
- echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index 2187627..34a6b59 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Patch0: tar-1.13.18-manpage.patch
 Patch6: tar-1.14-nolibrt.patch
 Patch7: tar-1.14-err.patch
 Patch8: tar-1.14-loneZeroWarning.patch
+Patch9: tar-1.14-fixSparseHeader.patch
 Prereq: info
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake gzip
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
@@ -29,10 +30,11 @@ the rmt package.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -b .manpage
+%patch0 -p1
 %patch6 -p1 -b .librt
 %patch7 -p1 -b .err
 %patch8 -p1 -b .loneZeroWarning
+%patch9 -p1 -b .fixSparseHeader
 
 %build