On Friday 04 June 2004 14:54, Dege, Robert C. wrote:
>> 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

tar -z does in fact use gzip to do that compression.  gtar may, or may 
not be, a link to tar-1.13-25, the recommended version until someone 
takes the time to exersize the newer version.  gnutar should be the 
real thing.

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