[Bug-tar] 'tar --version' in 1.14.90

[Richard Karnesky]

I noticed that the version string in the alpha release is 'tar (tar) 
1.14.90'.  Will this syntax be used for the next official release?

The configure script for amanda[1] looks for '*GNU*tar*' when it checks to 
see what version of tar is present & fails the test since 'GNU' isn't in 
the string.  I have already notified the amanda developers, but thought 
other projects might do something similar to check if the version of tar is 
compatible with GNU tar.  Is there some other preferred method to check 
this in addition to the version number?
 [1]<http://www.amanda.org/>

--Richard Karnesky