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

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

control 288279 +pending
thanks

On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:01:03AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> 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.

This turned out to be the case. I have added
dh_fixperms to the rules file for this and
other effected packages. The change should turn up in
the next release.

-- 
Horms