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diff --git a/src/list.c b/src/list.c
index 716c0b4..6dbc439 100644
--- a/src/list.c
+++ b/src/list.c
@@ -144,9 +144,17 @@ read_and (void (*do_something) (void))
 	                            read_header_auto);
 	      if (status == HEADER_ZERO_BLOCK)
 		break;
+	      /* 
+	       * According to POSIX tar specs, this is wrong, but on the web
+	       * there are some tar specs that can trigger this, and some tar
+	       * implementations create tars according to that spec.  For now,
+	       * let's not be pedantic about issuing the warning.
+	       */
+#if 0	       
 	      WARNOPT (WARN_ALONE_ZERO_BLOCK,
 		       (0, 0, _("A lone zero block at %s"),
 			STRINGIFY_BIGINT (current_block_ordinal (), buf)));
+#endif
 	      break;
 	    }
 	  status = prev_status;