diff -r ded91847b3b5 -r 67daa585467b scripts/functions
--- a/scripts/functions	Fri Mar 13 10:34:53 2009 +0000
+++ b/scripts/functions	Sun Mar 15 20:06:40 2009 +0000
@@ -640,11 +640,9 @@
     esac
 
     # Some tarballs have read-only files... :-(
-    if [ "${nochdir}" = "nochdir" ]; then
-        chmod -R u+w .
-    else
-        chmod -R u+w "${basename}"
-    fi
+    # Because of nochdir, we don't know where we are, so chmod all
+    # the src tree
+    chmod -R u+w "${CT_SRC_DIR}"
 
     touch "${CT_SRC_DIR}/.${basename}.extracted"
 
@@ -667,9 +665,6 @@
         return 0
     fi
 
-    # Check if already extracted
-    CT_TestOrAbort "'${basename}' is not yet extracted while attempting to patch" -e "${CT_SRC_DIR}/.${basename}.extracted"
-
     [ "${nochdir}" = "nochdir" ] || CT_Pushd "${CT_SRC_DIR}/${basename}"
 
     CT_DoLog EXTRA "Patching '${basename}'"