$OpenBSD: patch-src_tar_c,v 1.1 2005/10/20 21:45:18 naddy Exp $
--- src/tar.c.orig	Thu Oct 20 21:59:27 2005
+++ src/tar.c	Thu Oct 20 22:06:49 2005
@@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ to_oct (register long value, register in
     where[--digits] = '0';
 }
 
+/* Convert a number into a string of octal digits.
+   Convert long VALUE into a DIGITS-digit field at WHERE,
+   including a trailing space.  DIGITS==2 means
+   1 digit, and a space.
+*/
+
+static void
+to_oct_no_nul (register long value, register int digits, register char *where)
+{
+  to_oct (value, digits + 1, where);
+}
+
 
 
 /* Compute and return a checksum for TAR_HDR,
@@ -167,8 +179,8 @@ write_out_tar_header (struct new_cpio_he
   to_oct (file_hdr->c_mode & MODE_ALL, 8, tar_hdr->mode);
   to_oct (file_hdr->c_uid, 8, tar_hdr->uid);
   to_oct (file_hdr->c_gid, 8, tar_hdr->gid);
-  to_oct (file_hdr->c_filesize, 12, tar_hdr->size);
-  to_oct (file_hdr->c_mtime, 12, tar_hdr->mtime);
+  to_oct_no_nul (file_hdr->c_filesize, 12, tar_hdr->size);
+  to_oct_no_nul (file_hdr->c_mtime, 12, tar_hdr->mtime);
 
   switch (file_hdr->c_mode & CP_IFMT)
     {
