Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use symbolic names not octal constants for file permission flags

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use symbolic names not octal constants for file permission flags
Date: 2010-12-12 16:16:46
Message-ID: 4566.1292170606@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 18:46, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> I think we can just #define the other cases as zeroes. I'm not sure why
>>> you think that's an issue for open --- the privileges don't exist.

>> Hmm. I was/am worried about any case that specifies *just* one of the
>> permissions that don't exist. That'll leave it at zero, whereas the
>> correct one might be the user-only version of whatever (read/write)
>> was given.

> If we didn't specify the "user" read or write privilege, we shouldn't
> get it.

I put in #define's for these, and it seems to have fixed the MSVC
buildfarm members, but cygwin is still broken. How come ... doesn't
that port use port/win32.h?

> What are the values of _S_IREAD and _S_IWRITE, anyway? I'm still
> wondering how come the previous coding with hardwired constants
> behaved correctly.

Still curious about this.

regards, tom lane

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