diff -x '*~' -x autom4te.cache -x gnulib -x paxutils -x build-aux -x gnulib.modules -x gnulib-cache.m4 -x .git -x .gitmodules -x '*.in' --unidirectional-new-file -ur tar-1.35-rhel-10.1/lib/paxerror.c tar-1.35-rhel-10.2-clean/lib/paxerror.c
--- a/lib/paxerror.c	2025-12-03 13:59:35.940296110 +0100
+++ b/lib/paxerror.c	2026-01-09 15:00:00.865341402 +0100
@@ -174,27 +174,41 @@
 }
 
 void
-read_error_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size)
+read_error_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size, bool padding)
 {
   intmax_t off = offset;
   int e = errno;
-  ERROR ((0, e,
-	  ngettext ("%s: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu byte",
-		    "%s: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu bytes",
-		    size),
-	  quotearg_colon (name), off, size));
+  if (padding)
+    ERROR ((0, e,
+	    ngettext ("%s: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu byte; padding with zeros",
+		      "%s: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu bytes; padding with zeros",
+		      size),
+	    quotearg_colon (name), off, size));
+  else
+    ERROR ((0, e,
+	    ngettext ("%s: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu byte",
+		      "%s: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu bytes",
+		      size),
+	    quotearg_colon (name), off, size));
 }
 
 void
-read_warn_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size)
+read_warn_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size, bool padding)
 {
   intmax_t off = offset;
   int e = errno;
-  WARN ((0, e,
-	 ngettext ("%s: Warning: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu byte",
-		   "%s: Warning: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu bytes",
-		   size),
-	 quotearg_colon (name), off, size));
+  if (padding)
+    WARN ((0, e,
+	   ngettext ("%s: Warning: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu byte; padding with zeros",
+		     "%s: Warning: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu bytes; padding with zeros",
+		     size),
+	   quotearg_colon (name), off, size));
+  else
+    WARN ((0, e,
+	   ngettext ("%s: Warning: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu byte",
+		     "%s: Warning: Read error at byte %jd, while reading %zu bytes",
+		     size),
+	   quotearg_colon (name), off, size));
 }
 
 void
diff -x '*~' -x autom4te.cache -x gnulib -x paxutils -x build-aux -x gnulib.modules -x gnulib-cache.m4 -x .git -x .gitmodules -x '*.in' --unidirectional-new-file -ur tar-1.35-rhel-10.1/lib/paxlib.h tar-1.35-rhel-10.2-clean/lib/paxlib.h
--- a/lib/paxlib.h	2025-12-03 13:59:35.940296110 +0100
+++ b/lib/paxlib.h	2026-01-09 15:00:00.869341504 +0100
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@
 _Noreturn void open_fatal (char const *);
 void open_warn (char const *);
 void read_error (char const *);
-void read_error_details (char const *, off_t, size_t);
+void read_error_details (char const *, off_t, size_t, bool);
 _Noreturn void read_fatal (char const *);
 _Noreturn void read_fatal_details (char const *, off_t, size_t);
-void read_warn_details (char const *, off_t, size_t);
+void read_warn_details (char const *, off_t, size_t, bool);
 void readlink_error (char const *);
 void readlink_warn (char const *);
 void rmdir_error (char const *);
diff -x '*~' -x autom4te.cache -x gnulib -x paxutils -x build-aux -x gnulib.modules -x gnulib-cache.m4 -x .git -x .gitmodules -x '*.in' --unidirectional-new-file -ur tar-1.35-rhel-10.1/src/common.h tar-1.35-rhel-10.2-clean/src/common.h
--- a/src/common.h	2025-12-03 13:55:36.040944472 +0100
+++ b/src/common.h	2026-01-12 10:53:18.296266888 +0100
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
 
 void close_diag (char const *name);
 void open_diag (char const *name);
-void read_diag_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size);
+void read_diag_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size, bool padding);
 void readlink_diag (char const *name);
 void savedir_diag (char const *name);
 void seek_diag_details (char const *name, off_t offset);
diff -x '*~' -x autom4te.cache -x gnulib -x paxutils -x build-aux -x gnulib.modules -x gnulib-cache.m4 -x .git -x .gitmodules -x '*.in' --unidirectional-new-file -ur tar-1.35-rhel-10.1/src/create.c tar-1.35-rhel-10.2-clean/src/create.c
--- a/src/create.c	2025-12-03 13:55:36.040944472 +0100
+++ b/src/create.c	2026-01-12 10:53:18.296266888 +0100
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@
       if (count == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
 	{
 	  read_diag_details (st->orig_file_name,
-	                     st->stat.st_size - size_left, bufsize);
+	                     st->stat.st_size - size_left, bufsize, true);
 	  pad_archive (size_left);
 	  return dump_status_short;
 	}
diff -x '*~' -x autom4te.cache -x gnulib -x paxutils -x build-aux -x gnulib.modules -x gnulib-cache.m4 -x .git -x .gitmodules -x '*.in' --unidirectional-new-file -ur tar-1.35-rhel-10.1/src/misc.c tar-1.35-rhel-10.2-clean/src/misc.c
--- a/src/misc.c	2025-12-03 13:55:36.040944472 +0100
+++ b/src/misc.c	2026-01-12 10:53:18.296266888 +0100
@@ -1117,15 +1117,15 @@
 }
 
 void
-read_diag_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size)
+read_diag_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size, bool padding)
 {
   if (ignore_failed_read_option)
     {
       if (WARNING_ENABLED(WARN_FAILED_READ))
-	read_warn_details (name, offset, size);
+	read_warn_details (name, offset, size, padding);
     }
   else
-    read_error_details (name, offset, size);
+    read_error_details (name, offset, size, padding);
 }
 
 void
diff -x '*~' -x autom4te.cache -x gnulib -x paxutils -x build-aux -x gnulib.modules -x gnulib-cache.m4 -x .git -x .gitmodules -x '*.in' --unidirectional-new-file -ur tar-1.35-rhel-10.1/src/sparse.c tar-1.35-rhel-10.2-clean/src/sparse.c
--- a/src/sparse.c	2025-12-03 13:55:36.044944594 +0100
+++ b/src/sparse.c	2026-01-12 10:53:18.300266996 +0100
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 	                     (file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].offset
 			      + file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].numbytes
 			      - bytes_left),
-			     bufsize);
+			     bufsize, false);
 	  return false;
 	}
       else if (bytes_read == 0)
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 				 (file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].offset
 				  + file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].numbytes
 				  - bytes_left),
-				 bufsize);
+				 bufsize, false);
 	      return false;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
 	{
           read_diag_details (file->stat_info->orig_file_name,
 	                     beg,
-			     rdsize);
+			     rdsize, false);
 	  return false;
 	}
       else if (bytes_read == 0)
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
 	  if (errno != 0)
 	    read_diag_details (file->stat_info->orig_file_name,
 			       beg,
-			       rdsize);
+			       rdsize, false);
 	  else
 	    report_difference (file->stat_info, _("Size differs"));
 	  return false;
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
 			     (file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].offset
 			      + file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].numbytes
 			      - size_left),
-			     rdsize);
+			     rdsize, false);
 	  return false;
 	}
       else if (bytes_read == 0)
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
 			       (file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].offset
 				+ file->stat_info->sparse_map[i].numbytes
 				- size_left),
-			       rdsize);
+			       rdsize, false);
 	  else
 	    report_difference (&current_stat_info, _("Size differs"));
 	  return false;