Re: Protections problem on CVS tree

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org, hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Protections problem on CVS tree
Date: 1998-10-21 02:56:33
Message-ID: 199810210256.WAA18787@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Hi. I had ftp'd in all the files for the new ODBC code in the main
> Postgres tree. I forgot to change the protection on the derived
> odbc/configure file, so it is checked in without execute permission.
>
> Do you have any experience fixing this kind of problem? Simply checking
> in a new version with the right permissions doesn't seem to fix it. The
> two alternatives I'm considering are:
> - "cvs delete" then "cvs add" the file with the right permissions
> - going into the cvs tree itself and brute-force change it
>
> Suggestions? If you know what to do, and want to do it, feel free to fix
> it. I'm inclined to try the brute-force method, but remote CVSup trees
> (like mine) may need the same kludge fixup :O

Go to $CVSROOT/pgsql, and fiddle wit hthe protections of the base files,
no?

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