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-rw-r--r--libbb/unarchive.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/unarchive.c b/libbb/unarchive.c
index 78260d2d6..adc5d8d6e 100644
--- a/libbb/unarchive.c
+++ b/libbb/unarchive.c
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ file_header_t *get_header_tar(FILE *tar_stream)
}
if (fread(tar.raw, 1, 512, tar_stream) != 512) {
- error_msg("Couldnt read header");
+ /* Unfortunatly its common for tar files to have all sorts of
+ * trailing garbage, fail silently */
+// error_msg("Couldnt read header");
return(NULL);
}
archive_offset += 512;