Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.27 Severity: important if a package does not have a md5sums file, this file gets created in my debian system, but with false permissions 640 (reportbug, wont work for non-root users). # l /var/lib/dpkg/info/gawk.md5sums -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.7K 2005-04-05 18:07 /var/lib/dpkg/info/gawk.md5sums # dpkg-deb --control /var/cache/apt/archives/gawk_1%3a3.1.4-2_i386.deb # l DEBIAN/ total 12K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 864 2004-11-26 19:32 control -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 698 2004-11-26 19:32 postinst -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 177 2004-11-26 19:32 prerm Problem: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gawk.md5sums should imho be created with permissions 644 and not 640. list of also "affected" (beside gawk) packages is in the attachment. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-2-k7 Locale: LANG=en_IE@euro, LC_CTYPE=en_IE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.27 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- /*The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and i'm not even too sure about that one.*/
binutils.md5sums flex.md5sums gawk.md5sums bc.md5sums libpng2.md5sums base-files.md5sums dc.md5sums xvier.md5sums bzip2.md5sums cpio.md5sums liblockfile1.md5sums rcs.md5sums libreadline4.md5sums libreadline4-dev.md5sums libgsm1.md5sums pal.md5sums dpkg.md5sums make.md5sums lynx.md5sums dpkg-dev.md5sums figlet.md5sums dselect.md5sums console-data.md5sums db4.2-util.md5sums gnupg.md5sums syslinux.md5sums iproute.md5sums emacsen-common.md5sums libbz2-1.0.md5sums libaudio-dev.md5sums libaudio2.md5sums modutils.md5sums libdb4.2.md5sums libdb4.2-dev.md5sums lintian.md5sums sysv-rc.md5sums wterm.md5sums xblast-tnt-images.md5sums xblast-tnt-levels.md5sums xblast-tnt-models.md5sums kernel-image-2.6.9-2-k7.md5sums debmirror.md5sums rsync.md5sums maelstrom.md5sums mime-support.md5sums module-init-tools.md5sums xblast-tnt.md5sums
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