Would the package's maintainer ugrade to 2.5.9. The current does not handle correctly patches/files that use CRLF line endings. Trying to apply CRLR patch to CRLF file fails (bug in 2.5.8) and worse, causes the original file to be converted into LF line endings.
Btw, is there list of packages and their maintainers kept somewhere[*]? Jari [*] The patch src package lack CYGWIN-PATCHES subdirectory. -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines