I expand x-symbol-1.03-pkg.tar.gz and failed to complain:
% tar vzxf /usr/ports/distfiles/xemacs/x-symbol-1.03-pkg.tar.gz
pkginfo/MANIFEST.x-symbol
lisp/x-symbol/ChangeLog
lisp/x-symbol/ChangeLog.2.upstream
(snip)
etc/x-symbol/pcf/xsymb1_12sup.pcf
etc/x-symbol/pcf/xsymb1_14.pcf
etc/x-symbol/pcf/xsymb1_14sub.pcf
etc/x-symbol/pcf/xsymb1_14sup.pcf
etc/../man/x-symbol/.ispell_xsymb
tar: etc/../man/x-symbol/.ispell_xsymb: Member name contains `..'
etc/../man/x-symbol/Makefile.upstream
tar: etc/../man/x-symbol/Makefile.upstream: Member name contains `..'
etc/../man/x-symbol/x-symbol.css
tar: etc/../man/x-symbol/x-symbol.css: Member name contains `..'
etc/../man/x-symbol/x-symbol.init
tar: etc/../man/x-symbol/x-symbol.init: Member name contains `..'
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Is that miss-archived?