Index: cpio-2.11/src/mt.c =================================================================== --- cpio-2.11.orig/src/mt.c 2014-07-29 11:02:31.631881572 +0200 +++ cpio-2.11/src/mt.c 2014-07-29 11:02:31.665881951 +0200 @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct ar { char *p; long val = strtol (arg, &p, 0); - if (*p || (count = val) != count) + if (*p || (count = val) != val) error (MT_EXIT_INVOP, 0, _("invalid count value")); } break;