if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf[:4]); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	off := 0
	maybeSig := readBuf(buf[:4])
	if maybeSig.uint32() != dataDescriptorSignature {
		// No data descriptor signature. Keep these four
		// bytes.
		off += 4
	}
	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf[off:12]); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	b := readBuf(buf[:12])
	if b.uint32() != f.CRC32 {
		return ErrChecksum
	}

		}
	}
	return hdr, &tr.blk, p.err
}

// readOldGNUSparseMap reads the sparse map from the old GNU sparse format.
// The sparse map is stored in the tar header if it's small enough.
// If it's larger than four entries, then one or more extension headers are used
// to store the rest of the sparse map.
//
// The Header.Size does not reflect the size of any extended headers used.