Dustin J. Mitchell wrote at 10:01 -0400 on Sep  7, 2008:
 > 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.

Thanks.  I'll update it, including patches to fix both issues.

Just curious... Why doesn't a wiki search for gnutar or gnu tar find this?