I just cloned the latest git and it builds ok, but fails when I clone: % uname -a Linux gronk.zopyra.com 2.4.9-21 #1 Thu Jan 17 14:16:30 EST 2002 i686 unknown % git --version git version gitgui.0.8.4.g9c514 % git clone --bare ~/my_repo Initialized empty Git repository in /repos/git/my_repo/ /opt/git/bin/git-clone: line 297: cpio: command not found So, should git not check this when it is building? I don't remember this dependence from earlier versions of git. I have been running git 1.4.xx on this machine for a while... Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html