Applies to 8.[012]-RELEASE
8.3-RELEASE/src/usr.bin/tar/ is near empty

*** 8.1_and_8.0-RELEASE-generic/src/usr.bin/tar/write.c	Mon Jun 14 04:09:06 2010
--- generic+jhs_error_detect/src/usr.bin/tar/write.c	Sat Jan 29 18:34:55 2011
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*** 306,317 ****
--- 306,319 ----
  		archive_write_set_format(a, format);
  	}
  	lseek(bsdtar->fd, end_offset, SEEK_SET); /* XXX check return val XXX */
+ 						// JHS
  	if (ARCHIVE_OK != archive_write_set_options(a, bsdtar->option_options))
  		bsdtar_errc(1, 0, archive_error_string(a));
  	if (ARCHIVE_OK != archive_write_open_fd(a, bsdtar->fd))
  		bsdtar_errc(1, 0, archive_error_string(a));
  
  	write_archive(a, bsdtar); /* XXX check return val XXX */
+ 		// JHS what return val ? write_archive is declared void
  
  	close(bsdtar->fd);
  	bsdtar->fd = -1;