--- c:\python24\lib\tarfile.py	Tue Apr 28 18:00:15 2009
+++ \test\tarfile.py	Tue Apr 28 18:12:39 2009
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@
                 tarinfo.linkname = tarinfo.linkname[:LENGTH_LINK -1]
                 self._dbg(2, "tarfile: Created GNU tar extension LONGLINK")
 
-        if len(tarinfo.name) > LENGTH_NAME:
+        if len(tarinfo.name) >= LENGTH_NAME:
             if self.posix:
                 prefix = tarinfo.name[:LENGTH_PREFIX + 1]
                 while prefix and prefix[-1] != "/":