--- cpio.1
+++ cpio.1	2001/12/03 13:42:29
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@
 Set the I/O block size to BLOCK-SIZE * 512 bytes.
 .TP
 .I "\-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.
 .TP
 .I "\-C IO-SIZE, \-\-io-size=IO-SIZE"
 Set the I/O block size to IO-SIZE bytes.
--- main.c
+++ main.c	2001/12/03 13:42:35
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 	case 'c':		/* Use the old portable ASCII format.  */
 	  if (archive_format != arf_unknown)
 	    usage (stderr, 2);
+#define	SVR4_COMPAT
 #ifdef SVR4_COMPAT
 	  archive_format = arf_newascii; /* -H newc.  */
 #else