Tar doesn't support sparse tar files
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Description
**Describe the bug**
I'm using this code to decompress tar.gz files:
https://github.com/oscarotero/dbin/blob/d12abeb82b72ba079cca33eef4621dfd55b57047/mod.ts#L161-L186
This code is used to download binary files from the assets of github releases so they can be executed. One example is [Pagefind](https://github.com/CloudCannon/pagefind/releases/tag/v0.10.7) that is downloaded [according to the this configuration in Lume](https://github.com/lumeland/lume/blob/12beb2a83eba7de6f76385b25d4fab385faf1242/deps/pagefind.ts#L14-L32).
According to this comment: https://github.com/lumeland/lume/issues/362#issuecomment-1396404347 the function to uncompress tag files doesn't support sparse files, making the binary file not executable.
**Environment**
This specific issue only happens on MacOS on M1/ARM because the binary targeted for this architecture is compressed as sparse tar. I cannot reproduce this issue because my computer is MacOS on Intel.
- OS: MacOS on M1/ARM
- deno version: 1.29.4
- std version: 0.139.0
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