To make it easier, here is an attached patch relative to the current upstream git repository. This is the output when running 'make check'.
root@hurdtest:~/libtar# make check Making check in lib make[1]: Entering directory `/root/libtar/lib' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/libtar/lib' Making check in libtar make[1]: Entering directory `/root/libtar/libtar' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/libtar/libtar' Making check in doc make[1]: Entering directory `/root/libtar/doc' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/libtar/doc' Making check in testsuite make[1]: Entering directory `/root/libtar/testsuite' ../libtar/libtar -c test.tar Makefile.in ../libtar/libtar -t test.tar -rw-r--r-- root root 101 Feb 9 21:47 2014 Makefile.in rm -f test.tar make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/libtar/testsuite' make[1]: Entering directory `/root/libtar' make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/libtar' root@hurdtest:~/libtar# -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org