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* read/write support for the POSIX.1-1988 (ustar) format.
* read/write support for the GNU tar format including *longname* and *longlink*
- extensions, read-only support for the *sparse* extension.
+ extensions, read-only support for all variants of the *sparse* extension
+ including restoration of sparse files.
* read/write support for the POSIX.1-2001 (pax) format.