This is the GNU cpio package. This is a *pre-release* version, and not ready for production use yet. If you have dowloaded its sources from CVS, you will need to have the following software to build it: Package Version (>=) --------- ------------ autoconf 2.54 automake 1.7.1 libtool 1.4.3 To build the configuration suite, run autoreconf -f -i -s Then, configure and build the package as usual. Report bugs to To retrieve the sources from CVS issue the following commands: cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/cpio login Press enter when prompted for a password. cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/cpio checkout cpio This will give you read-only access. If you think you need write access, contact the maintainer.