Problems with tar-1.13

[Bill Campbell]

I recently disovered a problem with tar-1.13 where it has
apparently changed option handling (one of my least favorite
traits of free software :-).  The ``-L size'' option that has
been working for years on tar-1.12 and earlier now fails saying
``Invalid tape length''.  The relevant part of the command that
has been working for at least ten years (under other *ix) is:
	tar -c -L 3800000 -b 20 -f /dev/st0 ...

Anybody able to shed any light on this (other than install an
older version of tar that works on the systems).

Bill
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