Re: pg_dump and REVOKE on function

Tom Lane wrote:
> Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca> writes:
> > r=# REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION weekdate (date) FROM PUBLIC;
> > REVOKE
> > r=# GRANT ALL ON FUNCTION weekdate (date) TO PUBLIC;
> > GRANT
> > r=# REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION weekdate (date) FROM rbt;
> > ERROR:  dependent privileges exist
> > HINT:  Use CASCADE to revoke them too.
> 
> Ugh.  We could fix pg_dump to output the commands in a better order,
> but that won't help for dumps from existing releases.
> 
> Given that rbt is the owner of the object, I'm not sure that it is
> sensible to interpret the above as revoking his ability to grant
> privileges to others.  Seems to me that his ability to GRANT is inherent
> in being the owner, and as such his "grant option" bits are irrelevant.
> So maybe the commands are okay and the backend's interpretation is
> bogus.
> 
> Peter, any thoughts?

Has this been resolved?


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