On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:44 AM, John Hein <jhein AT timing DOT com> wrote:
> There was a zmanda wiki page that described issues with various gnutar
> and amanda version combinations, but I can't seem to find it at the
> moment (the search doesn't turn it up that I saw).
>
> If someone finds it, let me know and I'll try to see that this info
> gets added.

The link is:
  
http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ:What_versions_of_GNU_Tar_are_Amanda-compatible%3F
which does specify that those versions will not get along, but not for
the reason you described, so it's definitely worth an edit.

Dustin

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