Debian's cpio defaults to writing some obsolete format, not 'newc'.

diff --git a/febootstrap-to-initramfs.sh b/febootstrap-to-initramfs.sh
index 849aa7b..54ee046 100755 (executable)
--- a/febootstrap-to-initramfs.sh
+++ b/febootstrap-to-initramfs.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ set -e
 
 if [ -f fakeroot.log ]; then
     fakeroot -i fakeroot.log \
-    sh -c 'find -not -name fakeroot.log -a -print0 | cpio -o0c | gzip --best'
+    sh -c 'find -not -name fakeroot.log -a -print0 | cpio -o -0 -c -H newc | gzip --best'
 else
-    find -not -name fakeroot.log -a -print0 | cpio -o0c | gzip --best
+    find -not -name fakeroot.log -a -print0 | cpio -o -0 -c -H newc | gzip --best
 fi