--- /dev/null
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright (C) 2004 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.
+
+# When attempted to delete a non-existing member, tar used to destroy
+# last blocking_factor blocks.
+# References:
+# <Pine.LNX.4.10.10412160956460.30933-100000@electra.znyx.com>
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2004-12/msg00016.html
+
+AT_SETUP([deleting non-existing member])
+AT_KEYWORDS([delete05])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+genfile -l 1024 > en
+genfile -l 1024 > to
+
+tar cf archive en to
+# Make sure we don't use bogus blocking factor.
+# GNU tar up to and including 1.14.91 produced an empty archive this way:
+tar --file archive --blocking-factor=20 --delete tre
+tar tf archive
+],
+[0],
+[en
+to
+],
+[tar: tre: Not found in archive
+tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP