[minicoredumper] [External] Debugging corrupt tar files (invalid sparse archive member)

[Jos Hulzink (Ellips B.V.)]

> From: John Ogness <john.ogness at linutronix.de> 
> So I implemented an alternative workaround that truncates the core file instead of falling back to gzip. The changes to the code are also quite small, so I am comfortable using this workaround instead.

> Unless there are any objections, this is how I will workaround this for the 2.0.3 bugfix release.

Sounds good. I can simply tell my colleagues that if the inflated core dump size is close to 8 GB, you should expect it to be incomplete and less reliable. 

Thanks,

Jos Hulzink