diff -uprk.orig cpio-2.6.orig/doc/cpio.texi cpio-2.6/doc/cpio.texi
--- cpio-2.6.orig/doc/cpio.texi	2003-11-17 22:42:30 +0000
+++ cpio-2.6/doc/cpio.texi	2004-12-22 15:12:21 +0000
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ block size is 512 bytes.
 Set the I/O block size to BLOCK-SIZE * 512 bytes.
 
 @item -c
-Use the old portable (ASCII) archive format.
+Identical to "-H newc", use the new (SVR4) portable format.
+If you wish the old portable (ASCII) archive format, use "-H odc" instead.
 
 @item -C IO-SIZE, --io-size=IO-SIZE
 Set the I/O block size to IO-SIZE bytes.
diff -uprk.orig cpio-2.6.orig/src/main.c cpio-2.6/src/main.c
--- cpio-2.6.orig/src/main.c	2004-11-23 00:42:18 +0000
+++ cpio-2.6/src/main.c	2004-12-22 15:03:18 +0000
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct ar
     case 'c':		/* Use the old portable ASCII format.  */
       if (archive_format != arf_unknown)
 	USAGE_ERROR ((0, 0, _("Archive format multiply defined")));
+#define SVR4_COMPAT
 #ifdef SVR4_COMPAT
       archive_format = arf_newascii; /* -H newc.  */
 #else