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Date:	Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:41:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	tprinceusa <tprinceusa AT netzero DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: patch "can't set permissions on file ..... Invalid argument"
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, tprinceusa wrote:

> > 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'

Tim,

patch doesn't require nontsec - it's been working happily for me with
ntsec on for months now.  It does require that the files you're trying to
patch are writeable by you (like any other program that tries to modify
files).
	Igor
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