--- ORIG_tarfile.py	2005-03-20 20:31:26.000000000 +0100
+++ tarfile.py	2005-03-20 20:32:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -1086,4 +1086,5 @@
 
         stmd = statres.st_mode
+        size = statres.st_size
         if stat.S_ISREG(stmd):
             inode = (statres.st_ino, statres.st_dev)
@@ -1108,4 +1109,5 @@
             type = SYMTYPE
             linkname = os.readlink(name)
+            size = 0
         elif stat.S_ISCHR(stmd):
             type = CHRTYPE
@@ -1121,5 +1123,5 @@
         tarinfo.uid   = statres.st_uid
         tarinfo.gid   = statres.st_gid
-        tarinfo.size  = statres.st_size
+        tarinfo.size  = size
         tarinfo.mtime = statres.st_mtime
         tarinfo.type  = type