1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/unarchive.c b/libbb/unarchive.c
index 78260d2d6..adc5d8d6e 100644
--- a/libbb/unarchive.c
+++ b/libbb/unarchive.c
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ file_header_t *get_header_tar(FILE *tar_stream)
         }
 
         if (fread(tar.raw, 1, 512, tar_stream) != 512) {
-                error_msg("Couldnt read header");
+                /* Unfortunatly its common for tar files to have all sorts of
+                 * trailing garbage, fail silently */
+//              error_msg("Couldnt read header");
                 return(NULL);
         }
         archive_offset += 512;