Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:23:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Doug Federman <FEDERMAN%MILO AT cutter DOT iarc DOT mco DOT edu>
Subject: Re: 'Patch' program problem
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

Re: kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl
Date: 25 Jan 1993 16:16:17 +0100 (MET)

I would make sure that all files are not read only.  When you unpack
a tar archive, it will keep any file attributes within the archive.
This has bitten me a few times.