On Mar 1 23:08, Sjors Gielen wrote: > Aaron Gray schreef: >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Aaron Gray >> <aaronngray.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> I am getting the following on executing the patch command :- >>> >>> bash: /usr/bin/patch: Permission Denied >>> >>> It works on my other Vista machine okay (That is an Enterprise one >>> rather than a Home version) >>> >>> Anyone got any ideas why and how to fix it >> >> It works fine on my other Vista Home machine. >> It works okay if I run cygwin bash as an administrator. >> Why is this machine behaving differently and how do I fix it ? >> I tried reloading Cygwin from scratch, but that did not help. >> >> Aaron > > I had this problem too. It's because of the new UAC in Windows. You need > to add a .manifest file, because patch.exe contains one of "install", > "setup" and "patch", which UAC does not trust right away. It's
The latest patch package 2.5.8-9 comes already with a manifest file. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/