--- Python-2.4.3-old/Lib/tarfile.py	2005-10-27 23:00:51.000000000 -0700
+++ Python-2.4.3/Lib/tarfile.py	2006-08-14 21:45:03.000000000 -0700
@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@
        usually created internally.
     """
 
+    __slots__ = ("name", "mode", "uid", "gid", "size", "mtime", "chksum",
+        "type", "linkname", "uname", "gname", "devmajor", "devminor", 
+        "prefix", "offset", "offset_data", "__weakref__")
+
     def __init__(self, name=""):
         """Construct a TarInfo object. name is the optional name
            of the member.