I found yet another instance in which tar fails when it can't "stat" a file
even though --ignore-failed-read is specified.  The problem is a reversed
"if" statement in src/create.c.  A patch:

--- src/create.c~	Sun Jan 16 11:14:07 2000
+++ src/create.c	Mon Jan 17 08:36:10 2000
@@ -963,9 +963,9 @@
   if (deref_stat (dereference_option, p, &current_stat) != 0)
     {
       if (ignore_failed_read_option)
-	stat_error (p);
-      else
 	stat_warn (p);
+      else
+	stat_error (p);
       return;
     }