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.
Travis -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-tc1 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages kernel-patch-debian-2.4.27 depends on: ii bzip2 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file -- no debconf information
