--- a/common/autoconf/basics.m4	Mon Aug 18 10:05:34 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/autoconf/basics.m4	Tue Aug 19 13:43:40 2014 +0200
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@
   BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(CMP, cmp)
   BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(COMM, comm)
   BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(CP, cp)
-  BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(CPIO, cpio)
   BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(CUT, cut)
   BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(DATE, date)
   BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(DIFF, [gdiff diff])
@@ -427,6 +426,7 @@
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(READLINK, [greadlink readlink])
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(DF, df)
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(SETFILE, SetFile)
+  BASIC_PATH_PROGS(CPIO, [cpio bsdcpio])
 ])
 
 # Setup basic configuration paths, and platform-specific stuff related to PATHs.
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
 # not be the case in cygwin in certain conditions.
 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([BASIC_CHECK_SRC_PERMS],
 [
-  if test x"$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS" = xwindows; then
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
     file_to_test="$SRC_ROOT/LICENSE"
     if test `$STAT -c '%a' "$file_to_test"` -lt 400; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([Bad file permissions on src files. This is usually caused by cloning the repositories with a non cygwin hg in a directory not created in cygwin.])