Robert Reif wrote:
dpkg-deb: control directory has bad permissions 2755 (must be >=0755 and <=0775)make[1]: *** [debian/linux-image-2.6.26] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/sparc64/linux-2.6' make: *** [binary/linux-image-2.6.26] Error 2I fixed this problem by running: chmod -R a-s /usr/src I didn't create /usr/src. I guess it was created when I installed the kernel source package. Is this a problem with the kernel source package?
I've not got a guaranteed-virgin Debian system to hand but I've certainly got a number where Debian kernel sources have never been installed- in fact where I've not knowingly told Debian to install any source packages.
Looking at one of those I see $ stat /usr File: `/usr' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 8192 directory Device: 302h/770d Inode: 128769 Links: 12 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) .. $ stat /usr/src File: `/usr/src' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 8192 directory Device: 302h/770d Inode: 130199 Links: 3 Access: (2775/drwxrwsr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 40/ src) Thanks for the news about that annoying kernel bug being fixed. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]