[PATCH v2] use has_privs_for_role for predefined roles

Joshua Brindle <joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com>

From: Joshua Brindle <joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Joshua Brindle <joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com>
Date: 2021-10-27T21:13:55Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Attachments

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.

Commits

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  1. Fix a bug in roles_is_member_of.

  2. docs: Fix up some out-of-date references to INHERIT/NOINHERIT.

  3. Allow grant-level control of role inheritance behavior.

  4. Make role grant system more consistent with other privileges.

  5. Document basebackup_to_shell.required_role.