#48 patch.exe needs UAC manifest to run properly on Vista

[Marcus Lindblom Sonestedt]

Vista's UAC things patch.exe is a real patch, thus needs elevated priviliges. By adding a manifest file, one can tell Windows it's not necessary.

Git's patch.exe has this, and it works, but it doesn't play well with newlines and BuildBot (http://www.buildbot.net/trac/ticket/400)

[Anonymous]

If you have the Windows SDK installed, it''s pretty easy to apply a manifest. Save the following XML beside patch as patch.exe.manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
version="2.5.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
name="Patch"
type="win32"
/>
<description>A tool for applying diff-generated patches.</description>
<!-- Identify the application security requirements. -->
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel
level="asInvoker"
uiAccess="false"/>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>

Use the SDK shell and cd to the directory that contains patch.exe, supplying the following command to embed the manifest into the exe:

mt.exe -manifest patch.exe.manifest -outputresource:patch.exe;#1