+void report_difference (struct tar_stat_info *st, const char *message, ...);
+
+/* Module sparse.c */
+bool sparse_file_p (struct tar_stat_info *stat);
+enum dump_status sparse_dump_file (int fd, struct tar_stat_info *stat);
+enum dump_status sparse_extract_file (int fd, struct tar_stat_info *stat, off_t *size);
+bool sparse_diff_file (int fd, struct tar_stat_info *stat);