bug in permission handling?

Martin Renters <martin@datafax.com>

From: Martin Renters <martin@datafax.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-11T19:10:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Should the permissions of a deleted user get assigned to a new user
as in the example below?

Martin

$ createdb test
CREATE DATABASE
$ psql test
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test=# create table abc(a int, b int);
CREATE
test=# select relacl from pg_class where relname='abc';
 relacl 
--------
 
(1 row)

test=# create user martin;
CREATE USER
test=# grant all on abc to martin;
GRANT
test=# select relacl from pg_class where relname='abc';
               relacl                
-------------------------------------
 {=,postgres=arwdRxt,martin=arwdRxt}
(1 row)

test=# drop user martin;
DROP USER
test=# select relacl from pg_class where relname='abc';
              relacl              
----------------------------------
 {=,postgres=arwdRxt,101=arwdRxt}
(1 row)

test=# create user tom;
CREATE USER
test=# select relacl from pg_class where relname='abc';
              relacl              
----------------------------------
 {=,postgres=arwdRxt,tom=arwdRxt}
(1 row)

test=# select version();
                               version                               
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 7.2b4 on i386-unknown-freebsd4.3, compiled by GCC 2.95.3
(1 row)

test=#