1.7.9-1 Patch command mangles permissions on windows 7

[Roger Pack]

> This could be related to the problem discussed starting at
>
>  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-11/msg00922.html
>
> The issue there was ACLs on the temporary directory used by patch.  The
> resolution of that was to set TMP and TEMP to "/tmp" in Cygwin's default
> startup files (see /etc/defaults/profile).  But you appear to be running
> patch outside of a Cygwin shell, so you're not benefiting from that fix.
>  (I'm basing this guess on the fact that you start patch by giving its
> Windows path.)

Thanks sounds about right.
Thanks for the help.
-r

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple