diff -u checkgmail-1.12/debian/changelog checkgmail-1.12/debian/changelog
--- checkgmail-1.12/debian/changelog
+++ checkgmail-1.12/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+checkgmail (1.12-1ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control, debian/rules, 
+    debian/patches/00list:
+    - added dpatch support
+  * debian/patches/permission-fix.dpatch:
+    - fixed permissions on configuration directory
+  * debian/control:
+    - bumped Standards-Version to 3.7.3    
+
+ -- Mario Bonino <mariobonino@ubuntu-it.org>  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:34:47 +0100
+
 checkgmail (1.12-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
 
   * Add checkgmail.desktop and checkgmail.svg for when not started 
diff -u checkgmail-1.12/debian/control checkgmail-1.12/debian/control
--- checkgmail-1.12/debian/control
+++ checkgmail-1.12/debian/control
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com>
 XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0)
-Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), dpatch
+Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 
 Package: checkgmail
 Architecture: all
diff -u checkgmail-1.12/debian/rules checkgmail-1.12/debian/rules
--- checkgmail-1.12/debian/rules
+++ checkgmail-1.12/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+include /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch.make
 
 configure: configure-stamp
 configure-stamp:
@@ -14,12 +15,12 @@
 
 build: build-stamp
 
-build-stamp: configure-stamp 
+build-stamp: patch-stamp configure-stamp 
 	dh_testdir
 
 	touch build-stamp
 
-clean:
+clean:  unpatch
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- checkgmail-1.12.orig/debian/patches/00list
+++ checkgmail-1.12/debian/patches/00list
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+permission-fix.dpatch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- checkgmail-1.12.orig/debian/patches/permission-fix.dpatch
+++ checkgmail-1.12/debian/patches/permission-fix.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## permission-fix.dpatch by Mario Bonino <mariobonino@ubuntu-it.org>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Patch to fix permissions on configuration directory.
+
+@DPATCH@
+diff -urNad checkgmail-1.12~/checkgmail checkgmail-1.12/checkgmail
+--- checkgmail-1.12~/checkgmail	2007-06-19 10:18:55.000000000 +0200
++++ checkgmail-1.12/checkgmail	2007-12-24 19:32:55.000000000 +0100
+@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@
+ 	if (-e "$prefs_dir") {
+ 		print "Moving ~/.checkgmail to ~/.checkgmail/prefs ...\n\n";
+ 		rename("$HOME/.checkgmail", "$HOME/.checkgmailbak");
+-		mkdir($prefs_dir, 0777);
++		mkdir($prefs_dir, 0700);
+ 		rename("$HOME/.checkgmailbak", "$prefs_dir/prefs");
+ 	} else {
+ 		# User hasn't run an old version, just create the dir
+-		mkdir($prefs_dir, 0777);
++		mkdir($prefs_dir, 0700);
+ 	}
+ }
+