diff -u g15daemon-1.9.5.3/debian/changelog g15daemon-1.9.5.3/debian/changelog
--- g15daemon-1.9.5.3/debian/changelog
+++ g15daemon-1.9.5.3/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+g15daemon (1.9.5.3-7ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
+
+  * [FTBFS] open() needs mode if O_CREAT in utility_funcs.c 
+    for GCC 4.4 (LP: #493019)
+
+ -- Alfonso Cepeda Caballos <cepeda@gmail.com>  Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:24:45 +0000
+
 g15daemon (1.9.5.3-7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Don't distribute .la file
diff -u g15daemon-1.9.5.3/g15daemon/utility_funcs.c g15daemon-1.9.5.3/g15daemon/utility_funcs.c
--- g15daemon-1.9.5.3/g15daemon/utility_funcs.c
+++ g15daemon-1.9.5.3/g15daemon/utility_funcs.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
     config_items_t * item=NULL;
     char line[1024];
     
-    config_fd = open(filename,O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC);
+    config_fd = open(filename,O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC, 0644);
     if(config_fd){
     snprintf(line,1024,"# G15Daemon Configuration File\n# any items entered before a [section] header\n# will be in the Global config space\n# comments you wish to keep should start with a semicolon';'\n");
     write(config_fd,line,strlen(line));