--- cpio-2.12/doc/cpio.texi.orig	2015-12-31 15:56:15.606713144 -0500
+++ cpio-2.12/doc/cpio.texi	2015-12-31 16:00:05.186934057 -0500
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ Sets the I/O block size to @var{block-si
 @item -B
 Set the I/O block size to 5120 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 @var{number}
 @itemx --io-size=@var{number}
 Set the I/O block size to the given @var{number} of bytes.
--- cpio-2.12/src/main.c.orig	2015-12-31 15:56:15.606713144 -0500
+++ cpio-2.12/src/main.c	2015-12-31 16:02:24.047067176 -0500
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ 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