--- doc/cpio.info
+++ doc/cpio.info	2005/04/25 12:11:02
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@
      Set the I/O block size to BLOCK-SIZE * 512 bytes.
 
 `-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.
 
 `-C IO-SIZE, --io-size=IO-SIZE'
      Set the I/O block size to IO-SIZE bytes.
--- src/main.c
+++ src/main.c	2005/04/25 12:12:09
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
     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