> gnutar jumped from 1.13.25 to 1.13.9? in one leap.
> Some reported problems with these very recent versions.
> I don't recall the nature of the problems, check the archives.
> But a build of 1.13.25 would seem a reasonable approach to
> see if that is the problem.

I was originally having this problem with tar 1.13.25 && gzip 1.3.3.  I 
upgraded both tools to see if it had any affect.  When amanda compresses a 
backup image, does it use gzip or does it use the built in compression that is 
available in gtar (tar -z)?

-Rob