In message < 199711040023.AAA04878@phal.cygnus.co.uk >you write: > > It's a pretty common problem. I always thought using "B" in gcc was > > bogus. Regardless, it's a one line tweak to use cpio since we've > > had other systems with this exact problem. > > Hmm, shouldn't we use autoconf to determine the existence of cpio? If you write a test, I'll happily include it. jeff