--- cpio-2.6.orig/configure.ac	2004-12-20 08:46:30.000000000 -0200
+++ cpio-2.6/configure.ac	2006-02-18 04:01:24.000000000 -0200
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   AC_CONFIG_LINKS(src/fnmatch.h:headers/fnmatch.h)
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lchown endpwent endgrent)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lchown endpwent endgrent stpcpy)
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostname, [LIBS="$LIBS -lnsl"])
--- cpio-2.6.orig/src/copyout.c	2006-02-18 04:08:13.000000000 -0200
+++ cpio-2.6/src/copyout.c	2006-02-18 04:01:33.000000000 -0200
@@ -356,7 +356,16 @@
   char ascii_header[110];
   char *p;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STPCPY
   p = stpcpy (ascii_header, magic_string);
+#else
+  {
+    unsigned long __length = strlen (magic_string);
+    memcpy (ascii_header, magic_string, __length);
+    p += __length;
+  }
+#endif 
+  
   to_ascii_or_warn (p, file_hdr->c_ino, 8, LG_16,
 		    file_hdr->c_name, _("inode number"));
   p += 8;