--- a/packages/services/memalloc/common/current/src/heapgen.tcl
+++ b/packages/services/memalloc/common/current/src/heapgen.tcl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # these lines restart using the tcl shell \
     exec sh -c "if ( echo | cygtclsh80 ) 2>/dev/null ; then \
-      exec cygtclsh80 \"${0}\" \"\`echo \\\"\\\`cygpath -ws \\\"${1}\\\" \\\`\\\" |sed 's#\\\\\\\\#/#g'\`\" \"\`echo \\\"\\\`cygpath -ws \\\"${2}\\\" \\\`\\\" |sed 's#\\\\\\\\#/#g'\`\" ; \
+      exec cygtclsh80 \"${0}\" \"\`echo \\\"\\\`cygpath -w \\\"${1}\\\" \\\`\\\" |sed 's#\\\\\\\\#/#g'\`\" \"\`echo \\\"\\\`cygpath -w \\\"${2}\\\" \\\`\\\" |sed 's#\\\\\\\\#/#g'\`\" ; \
     elif ( echo | tclsh ) 2>/dev/null ; then \
       exec tclsh \"${0}\" ${1+${*}} ; \
     else \
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
       exit 1 ; \
     fi"
 
+#FIXMEFIXMEFIXME the above should use cygpath -ws, not cygpath -w but we
+#can't rely on everyone having up-to-date cygwin tools (1.1.5+)
+
 #===============================================================================
 #
 #    heapgen.tcl