diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b463f03a6..f1ce15163 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-08-27  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* lib/mc.ext.in: Use gzip instead of gunzip and compress.  Avoid
+	unnecessary pipeline.  Redirect stderr from cpio, because it can
+	be non-empty even for successful operations.
+
 2002-08-26  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* syntax/spec.syntax: New file.
diff --git a/lib/mc.ext.in b/lib/mc.ext.in
index fa8149cb6..54ce9784f 100644
--- a/lib/mc.ext.in
+++ b/lib/mc.ext.in
@@ -416,22 +416,22 @@ regex/\.[rR]([aA][rR]|[0-9][0-9])$
 # cpio
 shell/.cpio.Z
 	Open=%cd %p#ucpio
-	View=%view{ascii} compress -dc '%f' | cpio -ictv
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc '%f' | cpio -itv 2>/dev/null
 
 shell/.cpio.gz
 	Open=%cd %p#ucpio
-	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc '%f' | cpio -ictv
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc '%f' | cpio -itv 2>/dev/null
 
 shell/.cpio
 	Open=%cd %p#ucpio
-	View=%view{ascii} cat '%f' | cpio -ictv
+	View=%view{ascii} cpio -itv <'%f' 2>/dev/null
 
 # ls-lR
 regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR$
 	Open=%cd %p#lslR
 regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR\.(g?z|Z)$
 	Open=%cd %p#lslR
-	View=%view{ascii} gunzip -c %f
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f
 
 # ftplist
 regex/\.ftplist$