Bug#288279: kernel-patch-debian-2.4.27: patches are 600 instead of 644

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 03:18:57PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote:
> Package: kernel-patch-debian-2.4.27
> Version: 2.4.27-7
> Severity: important
> 
> The debian kernel patches are installed with permissions 600 instead of
> 644 making it impossible for a normal user to use the patches and most 
> people do not compile their kernels as root.  Since the patch files had
> the correct permissions in 2.4.27-5 and the change occurred in 2.4.27-6
> without mention in the changelog I suspect it was an accidental
> oversight.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Likely the files are being installed with
the prevailing umask, rather than specific
permissions. The newer packages were
built by me, and my umask is 077, so that
would explain the cause of this.

I will look into making sure the permissions are sensible
for the next release.

-- 
Horms