[Bug-cpio] cpio build fails

[Baho Utot]

I am trying to build cpio on a Linux system using gcc 4.3.2


Here is a log of the build where it fails.

if 
gcc -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -I../lib     -march=i686 
-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -MT 
userspec.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/userspec.Tpo" -c -o userspec.o userspec.c; \
        then mv -f ".deps/userspec.Tpo" ".deps/userspec.Po"; else 
rm -f ".deps/userspec.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
gcc -std=gnu99  -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe   -o cpio  copyin.o 
copyout.o copypass.o defer.o dstring.o global.o main.o tar.o util.o 
filemode.o idcache.o makepath.o userspec.o ../lib/libcpio.a  
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o): In function `_option_is_end':
argp-help.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `_option_is_end'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o): In function `_option_is_short':
argp-help.c:(.text+0x480): multiple definition of `_option_is_short'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1d90): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o): In function `argp_usage':
argp-help.c:(.text+0x3580): multiple definition of `argp_usage'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1350): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-parse.o): In function `_option_is_end':
argp-parse.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `_option_is_end'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-parse.o): In function `argp_usage':
argp-parse.c:(.text+0x210): multiple definition of `argp_usage'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1350): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-parse.o): In function `_option_is_short':
argp-parse.c:(.text+0x350): multiple definition of `_option_is_short'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1d90): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-pvh.o): In function `_option_is_end':
argp-pvh.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `_option_is_end'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-pvh.o): In function `_option_is_short':
argp-pvh.c:(.text+0x30): multiple definition of `_option_is_short'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1d90): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-pvh.o): In function `argp_usage':
argp-pvh.c:(.text+0x70): multiple definition of `argp_usage'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1350): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-eexst.o): In function `_option_is_end':
argp-eexst.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `_option_is_end'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-eexst.o): In function `_option_is_short':
argp-eexst.c:(.text+0x30): multiple definition of `_option_is_short'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1d90): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-eexst.o): In function `argp_usage':
argp-eexst.c:(.text+0x70): multiple definition of `argp_usage'
main.o:main.c:(.text+0x1350): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_putc':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x6b0): multiple definition of `argp_fmtstream_putc'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x690): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_point':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x700): multiple definition of `argp_fmtstream_point'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x5d0): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_set_wmargin':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x730): multiple definition of 
`argp_fmtstream_set_wmargin'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x600): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_set_rmargin':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x760): multiple definition of 
`argp_fmtstream_set_rmargin'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x630): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_set_lmargin':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x790): multiple definition of 
`argp_fmtstream_set_lmargin'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x660): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_write':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x880): multiple definition of `argp_fmtstream_write'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x6e0): first defined here
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-fmtstream.o): In function `argp_fmtstream_puts':
argp-fmtstream.c:(.text+0x8f0): multiple definition of `argp_fmtstream_puts'
../lib/libcpio.a(argp-help.o):argp-help.c:(.text+0x1740): first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [cpio] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory

Can anyone shed some light as to why the build is failing?

Thanks