Index: doc/cpio.info
===================================================================
--- doc/cpio.info.orig
+++ doc/cpio.info
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ File: cpio.info,  Node: Options,  Prev:
      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'
Index: src/main.c
===================================================================
--- src/main.c.orig
+++ src/main.c
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct ar
     case 'c':		/* Use the old portable ASCII format.  */
       if (archive_format != arf_unknown)
 	error (0, EXIT_FAILURE, _("Archive format multiply defined"));
+#define        SVR4_COMPAT
 #ifdef SVR4_COMPAT
       archive_format = arf_newascii; /* -H newc.  */
 #else