See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2669 Possible problem with the genkernel and other packages that try to compile modules not as root. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: One simple solution is to use: find /usr/src/linux-2.6.6 ! -perm -004 -exec chmod o+r {} \; in pkg_postinst()
This looks like a kernel-2.eclass issue again; bouncing back to kernel...
this is quite old now.