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diff --git a/tests/extrac09.at b/tests/extrac09.at
index 8241c30..b7218ef 100644
--- a/tests/extrac09.at
+++ b/tests/extrac09.at
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
 
 # Test suite for GNU tar.
-# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright 2010, 2013-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# This file is part of GNU tar.
+
+# GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
 
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
@@ -16,10 +18,20 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# This checks for the --listed-incremental bug reported by J Chapman Flack at
-# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-06/msg00000.html
-
-AT_SETUP([no need to save dir with unreadable . and ..])
+# This attempts to cause xgetcwd() to fail, and then checks to see if
+# such failure causes tar to abort even in a case where the results of
+# the call aren't actually needed.
+#
+# (xgetcwd() may fail e.g. on Solaris 10 when "." or ".." are unreadable.
+# On most systems xgetcwd() won't fail even in that situation, but
+# on those systems this test will simply succeed without actually testing
+# anything within tar.)
+#
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-07/msg00045.html
+#
+# (See also 'listed03.at'.)
+
+AT_SETUP([extracting even when . and .. are unreadable])
 AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac09])
 
 AT_TAR_CHECK([