Hello, this furiously resembles to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1043028 or http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-tar@gnu.org/msg03446.html
I just downloaded tar_1.26+dfsg-6 source, applied the patch below and attached and the problem seems fixed. schaefer@reliand:~/PORTED/tar-1.26+dfsg-6/tar-1.26+dfsg$ wget -O - http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/patch/?id=d88b2a613f4b1a5554e8c34c8f75b91abff5f0e9 | patch -p1 --2013-08-14 20:15:37-- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/patch/?id=d88b2a613f4b1a5554e8c34c8f75b91abff5f0e9 Resolving git.savannah.gnu.org... 140.186.70.72 Connecting to git.savannah.gnu.org|140.186.70.72|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/plain] Saving to: `STDOUT' [ <=> ] 4,327 --.-K/s in 0s 2013-08-14 20:15:37 (167 MB/s) - written to stdout [4327] patching file src/common.h Hunk #1 succeeded at 522 (offset -2 lines). patching file src/compare.c patching file src/incremen.c Have a nice debconf .. and busker's festival.
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