From: | Joshua Brindle <joshua(dot)brindle(at)crunchydata(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [PATCH v2] use has_privs_for_role for predefined roles |
Date: | 2021-10-27 21:20:13 |
Message-ID: | CAGB+Vh4cCTey_TvE_O0CZu-D+6fVXC8a+C-UTzqkg8oN5YcOrQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 5:16 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 5:14 PM Joshua Brindle
> <joshua(dot)brindle(at)crunchydata(dot)com> wrote:
> > Attached is an updated version of the patch to replace
> > is_member_of_role with has_privs_for_role for predefined roles. It
> > does not remove is_member_of_role from acl.h but it does add a warning
> > not to use that function for privilege checking.
> >
> > Please consider this for the upcoming commitfest.
>
> I am not sure I understand what the advantage of this is supposed to be.
Pre-defined roles currently do not operate the same way other roles do
with respect to inheritance. The patchfile has an explanation and
examples, I wasn't sure if that needed to be repeated in the email or
not.
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