This is fixed in edgy - updating compressed archives is simply
disallowed:

(ubuntu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.91
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

(ubuntu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ tar -czf foo.tgz foo1

(ubuntu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ tar -rzf foo.tgz foo2
tar: Cannot update compressed archives
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

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Crash when attempting to append to a compressed archive
https://launchpad.net/bugs/25833

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