lstat was not used because HAVE_LSTAT check is present
in system.h but was not generated

--- cpio-2.6/configure.ac.old	2006-08-30 22:02:37.000000000 +0200
+++ cpio-2.6/configure.ac	2006-08-30 22:15:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ else
   AC_CONFIG_LINKS(src/fnmatch.h:headers/fnmatch.h)
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lchown endpwent endgrent)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lchown endpwent endgrent lstat)
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostname, [LIBS="$LIBS -lnsl"])
--- cpio-2.6/config.h.in.old	2006-08-30 22:10:34.000000000 +0200
+++ cpio-2.6/config.h.in	2006-08-30 22:15:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `wmempcpy' function. */
 #undef HAVE_WMEMPCPY
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `lstat' function. */
+#undef HAVE_LSTAT
+
 /* Define to 1 if the system has the type `_Bool'. */
 #undef HAVE__BOOL
 
--- cpio-2.6/configure.old	2006-08-30 22:23:33.000000000 +0200
+++ cpio-2.6/configure	2006-08-30 22:23:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -12838,7 +12838,8 @@
 
 
 
-for ac_func in lchown endpwent endgrent
+
+for ac_func in lchown endpwent endgrent lstat
 do
 as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5