[Bug-cpio] "value too large" error

[Steve Boyd]

I am using cpio 2.5 on Slackware 10.2.  I am using cpio to backup my 
system to a USB hard drive.  I create the archive with the following command:

cpio -ocB -H newc <filist >archive.cpio

The resultant archive is 7.4GB in size.

When I try to read the archive back to verify its contents I get a 
"value too large" error immediately.  I use the following command to 
read the archive back:

cpio -itvB <archive.cpio

If I use the following command to read the archive, it works:

cpio -itvBF address@hidden:/backup/archive.cpio

I have already search the bug list and can't find anything regarding 
this error in this situation.