This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #3410: tar mode fails to open many valid files It has been closed by Stefan Monnier . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Stefan Monnier by replying to this email. -- 3410: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3410 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems