On Tue, 25 Feb 1997 07:55:28 +0100 (MET) 
 Markus Kilbinger <kilbi@rad.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

 > Just for your info: I applied the patch, but the 'tar .z..' behaviour
 > didn't change: Still hang!

Yes, several of us can reproduce this bug, and are trying to find/fix it
now.  It appears as if it may be an old bug that is noticed now that
objects are aggressively collapsed... more soon, I hope.

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