patch "can't set permissions on file ..... Invalid argument"

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 10:19 AM 10/22/2002, tprinceusa wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tprinceusa" <tprinceusa@netzero.net>
>To: "Cygwin" <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 6:56 AM
>Subject: patch "can't set permissions on file ..... Invalid argument"
>
>
> > Patch has "just worked" for years, until now.  No doubt one of the recent changes in defaults requires a change in some setting,
>and
> > I should have figured it out from earlier messages.
>I see that patch requires 'export CYGWIN=nontsec'


What quality of 'patch' makes this CYGWIN setting a requirement?



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
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