--- makepkg.orig	2004-11-26 13:09:03.000000000 +0000
+++ makepkg	2004-11-26 13:45:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #
 # Wed Mar 18 15:32:33 CST 1998
 # Patched to avoid possible symlink attacks in /tmp.
+# Fri Nov 26 13:53:36 GMT 2004 
+# Patched to chmod 755 the package's root directory
+# - will restore previous permissions after the package has been created <sw>
 
 TAR=tar-1.13
 umask 022
@@ -209,6 +212,19 @@
   find . -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \; 
   find . -type d -exec chown -v root.root {} \;
 fi
+
+# Ensure that the 'root' of the package is chmod 755 because
+# the / of your filesystem will inherit these permissions.
+# If it's anything tighter than 755 then bad things happen such as users
+# not being able to login, users already logged in can no longer run commands
+# and so on.
+OLDROOTPERMS="`find -name . -printf "%m\n"`"
+if [ $OLDROOTPERMS -ne 755 ]; then
+  echo "WARNING: $PWD is chmod $OLDROOTPERMS"
+  echo "         temporarily changing to chmod 755"
+  chmod 755 .
+fi
+
 echo
 echo "Creating tar file $TAR_NAME.tar..."
 echo
@@ -231,6 +247,14 @@
   echo "Moving $PACKAGE_NAME to $TARGET_NAME..."
   mv $PACKAGE_NAME $TARGET_NAME
 fi
+
+# Restore the old permissions if they previously weren't chmod 755
+if [ $OLDROOTPERMS -ne 755 ]; then
+  echo
+  echo "Restoring permissions of $PWD to chmod $OLDROOTPERMS"
+  chmod $OLDROOTPERMS .
+fi
+
 echo
 echo "Package creation complete."
 echo