Sergey Poznyakoff 19 years ago
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@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ The real name of the sparse file is stored in the variable
 @code{GNU.sparse.name}.  Thus, those @command{tar} implementations
 @code{GNU.sparse.name}.  Thus, those @command{tar} implementations
 that are not aware of GNU extensions will at least extract the files
 that are not aware of GNU extensions will at least extract the files
 into separate directories, giving the user a possibility to expand it
 into separate directories, giving the user a possibility to expand it
-afterwards @FIXME-ref{how to extract sparse file using third-party
-@command{tar}s}.
+afterwards.  @xref{extracting sparse v.0.x, Extraction of sparse
+members in v.0.1 format}, for the detailed description of how to
+restore such members using non-GNU @command{tar}s.
 
 
 The resulting @code{GNU.sparse.map} string can be @emph{very} long.
 The resulting @code{GNU.sparse.map} string can be @emph{very} long.
 Although POSIX does not impose any limit on the length of a @code{x}
 Although POSIX does not impose any limit on the length of a @code{x}