diff -ru libtar-1.2.11/lib/decode.c libtar-1.2.11-new/lib/decode.c
--- libtar-1.2.11/lib/decode.c	2004-08-18 22:12:06.888107160 +0200
+++ libtar-1.2.11-new/lib/decode.c	2004-08-18 22:05:27.569812768 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@
 	return filename;
 }
 
+char*
+th_get_linkname(TAR* t)
+{
+	static char filename[MAXPATHLEN];
+	
+	if (t->th_buf.gnu_longlink)
+		return t->th_buf.gnu_longlink;
+	
+	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%.100s", t->th_buf.linkname);
+	return filename;
+}
 
 uid_t
 th_get_uid(TAR *t)
diff -ru libtar-1.2.11/lib/libtar.h libtar-1.2.11-new/lib/libtar.h
--- libtar-1.2.11/lib/libtar.h	2003-01-07 02:40:59.000000000 +0100
+++ libtar-1.2.11-new/lib/libtar.h	2004-08-18 21:59:12.344855632 +0200
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@
 #define th_get_mtime(t) oct_to_int((t)->th_buf.mtime)
 #define th_get_devmajor(t) oct_to_int((t)->th_buf.devmajor)
 #define th_get_devminor(t) oct_to_int((t)->th_buf.devminor)
-#define th_get_linkname(t) ((t)->th_buf.gnu_longlink \
-                            ? (t)->th_buf.gnu_longlink \
-                            : (t)->th_buf.linkname)
+char *th_get_linkname(TAR *t);
 char *th_get_pathname(TAR *t);
 mode_t th_get_mode(TAR *t);
 uid_t th_get_uid(TAR *t);