1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/gendevices b/winsup/cygwin/gendevices
index 0b2271e71..cd7a53b9e 100755
--- a/winsup/cygwin/gendevices
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/gendevices
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ for (my $i = 0; $i < @lines; $i++) {
 	redo;
     };
 }
-open(OUTPUT, '>', $output) or die "$0: couldn't open $output - $!\n";
+open(OUTPUT, '>', $output) or do {{
+    if (chmod(0664, $output)) {
+	open(OUTPUT, '>', $output);
+	last;
+    }
+    die "$0: couldn't open $output - $!\n";
+}};
 print OUTPUT @lines;
 close OUTPUT;