I've updated this with the patch from Herb Maeder (thanks Herb, sorry it took me so long!). I propose leaving the 1.5 as is and just go forward with 1.7.
Change Log ---------- 3.8-1 * Update to Cygwin 1.7 version - Herb Maeder <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/base-files-3.8-1.tar.bz2> md5sum: 22c52ca0ce75300138860b8c16e7bdc5 Incase they're wanted... <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/md5sum> <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/setup.hint> wget http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/base-files-3.8-1.tar.bz2 && if [ "`md5sum.exe base-files-3.8-1.tar.bz2 | cut -b -32`" != "22c52ca0ce75300138860b8c16e7bdc5" ] ; then echo "Download error" ; else echo "Download validated" ; fi J.