Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
> Indeed, the code didn't pay attention to the version field, but
> incorrectly clipped it out.  I've installed a similar fix to yours, just
> a bit simpler.

Does tar-rename-entry have to notice the shorter magic-str now too?
Maybe something like the following, with the happy side effect of no
longer writing a \0 in the version field, rather digits 00 per posix.

Note totally untested!, as my build is in a rather broken state at the
moment ... :-)