Hello,
I have the same issue with tar 1.22.90 under SuSE Linux 11.2 x86_64 with no special option used: obelix:~/devel/autoopt # tar cf ../autoopt.tar . obelix:~/devel/autoopt # tar tvf ../autoopt.tar drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2010-02-26 08:06 ./ -rw-r--r-- root/root 21609 2010-02-26 00:00 ./Makefile.in -rw-r--r-- root/root 1136 2010-02-26 08:05 ./getopt.in~ tar: rmtlseek not stopped at a record boundary tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now obelix:~/devel/autoopt #
