Re: About the tar_1.34 tests

[Paul Eggert]

The usual way to run tests is something like this:

./configure; make; make check

so I suggest running that. If there are failures, it could be a bug in 
'tar' or it could be a bug in your platform; to figure things out, look 
in the files left behind in tests/testsuite.dir. You'll need some 
expertise with the shell etc. Good luck.