+# 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+AT_SETUP([Sparse files in MV archives])
+AT_KEYWORDS([sparse multiv sparsemv])
+
+# Check if sparse files are correctly split between GNU multi-volume
+# archives.
+# There are two cases: the file can be split within an empty (null) block,
+# or within a data block. Since null blocks are not archived, the first
+# case means the file is split between two consecutive data blocks.
+#
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+genfile --sparse --file sparsefile 0 ABCDEFGHIJ 1M ABCDEFGHI || AT_SKIP_TEST
+echo "Pass 1: Split between data blocks"
+echo "Create archive"
+tar --sparse -c --record-size=512 -M -L6 -f arc.1 -f arc.2 sparsefile || exit 1
+echo "Test archive"
+tar -t -M -f arc.1 -f arc.2
+echo "Compare archive"
+tar -d -M -f arc.1 -f arc.2
+
+echo "Pass 2: Split within a data block"
+genfile --sparse --file sparsefile 0 ABCDEFGHIJK 1M ABCDEFGH || AT_SKIP_TEST
+echo "Create archive"
+tar --sparse -c --record-size=512 -M -L6 -f arc.1 -f arc.2 sparsefile || exit 1
+echo "Test archive"
+tar -t -M -f arc.1 -f arc.2
+echo "Compare archive"
+tar -d -M -f arc.1 -f arc.2
+],
+[0],
+[Pass 1: Split between data blocks
+Create archive
+Test archive
+sparsefile
+Compare archive
+Pass 2: Split within a data block
+Create archive
+Test archive
+sparsefile
+Compare archive
+],
+[],[],[],[gnu, oldgnu])
+
+AT_CLEANUP