The following changes were made to Makefile:

* added BRIEF
  * moved to new version scheme
  * moved make and make install out of variables

Makefile

@@ -11,21 +11,15 @@
 DEPENDS =
 ARCH = x86_64
 URL = http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
+BRIEF = cpio archive utility
 DESC = GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive.
-SNAPVER = sr0
+SNAPVER = 1
 
 ARCHIVE := $(PWD)/SRC/$(shell ls SRC|egrep '(bz2|gz|tar|xz)$$'|tail -1)
 TYPE := $(shell file -ib $(ARCHIVE)|cut -d';' -f1|tr -d '\n')
 SRCDIR := $(shell tar -tf $(ARCHIVE)|head -1|sed 's/\/.*//')
 PATCHDIR := $(PWD)/SRC/patches
-VERSION := $(shell echo $(SRCDIR)|egrep -o '\-[0-9].*'|sed 's/^-//')$(SNAPVER)
-
-MAKE = make && makeinfo --html -o doc/html doc/cpio.texi && \
-	makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/cpio.html doc/cpio.texi && \
-	makeinfo --plaintext -o doc/cpio.txt doc/cpio.texi
-MAKEINST = make install
-SNAPHACKS = rm -fv $(ROOT)/usr/share/info/dir && \
-	rm -fv $(ROOT)/usr/share/man/man1/mt.1
+VERSION := $(shell echo $(SRCDIR)|egrep -o '\-[0-9].*'|sed 's/^-//')-$(SNAPVER)
 
 include /usr/share/snap/Makefile.snaplinux
 
@@ -57,8 +51,9 @@ $(SRCDIR)/config.log: $(SRCDIR)/configure
 		--target=x86_64-snap-linux-gnu
 
 $(SRCDIR)/src/cpio: $(SRCDIR)/config.log
-	@cd $(SRCDIR); \
-	$(MAKE)
+	@cd $(SRCDIR) && make && makeinfo --html -o doc/html doc/cpio.texi && \
+	makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/cpio.html doc/cpio.texi && \
+	makeinfo --plaintext -o doc/cpio.txt doc/cpio.texi
 
 $(ROOT): $(SRCDIR)/src/cpio
 	@if [ -d $(ROOT) ]; then \
@@ -67,10 +62,9 @@ $(ROOT): $(SRCDIR)/src/cpio
 		mkdir -v $(ROOT); \
 	fi
 
-	@cd $(SRCDIR); \
-	$(MAKEINST) DESTDIR=$(ROOT)
-
-	@$(SNAPHACKS)
+	@cd $(SRCDIR) && make install DESTDIR=$(ROOT) && \
+	rm -fv $(ROOT)/usr/share/info/dir && \
+	rm -fv $(ROOT)/usr/share/man/man1/mt.1
 
 test: $(ROOT)
 	@cd $(SRCDIR); \