This patch allows tar to continue correctly when it does not detect a compressed format. This allows tar to then untar a non-compressed tar file. See this thread for details: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2014-January/080389.html Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [Upstream has different fix with additional functionality] Signed-off-by: Saul Wold Index: busybox-1.22.1/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c =================================================================== --- busybox-1.22.1.orig/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c +++ busybox-1.22.1/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC open_zipped(const char *fn || (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2) || (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_XZ) ) { - setup_unzip_on_fd(fd, /*fail_if_not_detected:*/ 1); + setup_unzip_on_fd(fd, /*fail_if_not_detected:*/ 0); } return fd;