diff -ru tar-1.11.2/create.c tar-1.11.2.1/create.c
--- tar-1.11.2/create.c	Thu Mar 25 19:32:31 1993
+++ tar-1.11.2.1/create.c	Wed Oct 26 01:11:39 1994
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 
       header_moved = 0;
 
-#ifdef BSD42
+#if defined(BSD42) || defined(__linux__)
       if (f_sparse_files)
 	{
 	  /*