* src/buffer.c (reading_from_pipe): Remove. All uses removed.

(short_read): Don't warn about short reads; they're normal.
* tests/shortrec.at: New file.
* tests/testsuite.at: Include it.

tests/shortrec.at

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+# 02111-1307, USA.
+
+# Check that tar doesn't complain when reading short records.
+# This can happen when the input blocksize differs from the blocksize
+# used to create the archive.
+
+AT_SETUP([short records])
+AT_KEYWORDS([shortrec.at])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+mkdir directory
+(cd directory && touch a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r)
+tar -c -b 1 directory | tar -t >/dev/null
+tar -c -b 1 -f archive directory
+tar -t -f archive >/dev/null
+tar -t <archive >/dev/null
+
+rm -r directory
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP

tests/testsuite.at

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ m4_include([recurse.at])
 m4_include([same-order01.at])
 m4_include([same-order02.at])
 
+m4_include([shortrec.at])
+
 m4_include([sparse01.at])
 m4_include([sparse02.at])