| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Executable files in CVS |
| Date: | 2003-11-24 13:23:05 |
| Message-ID: | 8859.1069680185@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Besides, it's a tad odd to see files that are marked group writable but
>> not owner writable. You've got to agree there's not much sense in that.
> How else are you going to commit files? /usr/bin/cvs is not setuid,
Sure, but as long as the directories are group-writable it can rename
the old version out of the way. Which is what I think it's actually
doing, because there are some files in the tree that are not group
writable --- src/backend/commands/alter.c,v is an example.
regards, tom lane
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