Instructions to compile cpio-2.3 on IBM RT running AIX-2.2.1

0) Prerequisites: you need gzip and patch.

1) Get cpio-2.3.tar.gz from you favorite ftp site for GNU softwares
(for example prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu).

2) Unarchive cpio-2.3 and go into this directory.

3) Copy cpio.diff here.

4) Apply the patch (patch < cpio.diff)

5) Take a look at INSTALL and run configure.

6) Edit Makefile and add -DNO_MODE_T to DEFS.

7) Run make and make install.

Francois Normant (fn@mathappl.polymtl.ca).
