=== modified file 'initramfs-tools-hook-conf'
--- initramfs-tools-hook-conf	2008-08-12 19:22:34 +0000
+++ initramfs-tools-hook-conf	2009-05-17 00:50:09 +0000
@@ -1,1 +1,13 @@
+# -*- shell-script -*-
+
+# if mkinitramfs is started by mkinitramfs-kpkg, mkinitramfs-kpkg has
+# already touched the initrd file with umask 022 before we had a
+# chance to affect it.  We cannot allow a readable initrd file,
+# therefore we must fix this now.
+if [ -e "${outfile}" ] \
+    && [ `stat --format=%s "${outfile}"` -eq 0 ]; then
+    rm "${outfile}"
+    (umask 027; touch "${outfile}")
+fi
+
 UMASK=027