Running the tar 1.32 test suite on NetBSD/amd 8.99.34 I see three test failures.
The test was run on a tmpfs file system[1], perhaps it does not provide a feature that's needed by the test. Test suite log file is attached. Thomas [1] http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?mount_tmpfs++NetBSD-current
testsuite.log.gz
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