diff -ur cpio-2.11.orig/gnu/stdio.in.h cpio-2.11/gnu/stdio.in.h
--- cpio-2.11.orig/gnu/stdio.in.h	2010-03-10 10:27:03.000000000 +0100
+++ cpio-2.11/gnu/stdio.in.h	2012-07-23 13:04:56.075242094 +0200
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@
    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
 #undef gets
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__) && !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 16)
 _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
+#endif
 
 #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
 # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
