Making all in tests make[2]: Entering directory '/dev/shm/portage/app-arch/cpio-2.11-r2/work/cpio-2.11/tests' cd .. && /bin/sh /dev/shm/portage/app-arch/cpio-2.11-r2/work/cpio-2.11/build-aux/missing --run automake-1.11 --gnits tests/Makefile aclocal.m4:16: warning: this file was generated for autoconf 2.63. You have another version of autoconf. It may work, but is not guaranteed to. If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely. To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically `autoreconf'. ....
Will address in -r3, my attention was on getting the patching right and passing the test suite. Will transfer stable keywords from -r2 to -r3 to minimise disruptions to arch teams then close this bug.
+*cpio-2.11-r3 (09 Jan 2015) + + 09 Jan 2015; Tony Vroon <chainsaw@gentoo.org> -cpio-2.11-r2.ebuild, + +cpio-2.11-r3.ebuild: + Run eautoreconf at the appropriate moment, as per Jeroen Roovers in bug + #536112. Stable keywords transferred for alpha & x86.