--- ./utils/patcher.orig	Thu Feb 19 15:59:13 2004
+++ ./utils/patcher	Thu Feb 19 16:01:56 2004
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@
 
 	case "$modifier" in
 	patch)	( cd $dir ; patch $popts ) <$patchfile	;;
-	cat)	cat $patchfile >>$it			;;
+	cat)	cp $it $it.file && rm -f $it && mv $it.file $it
+		chmod +w $it
+		cat $patchfile >>$it			;;
 	esac
 	status=$?
 	if test $status -ne 0