Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Besides, it's a tad odd to see files that are marked group writable but
>> not owner writable. You've got to agree there's not much sense in that.
> How else are you going to commit files? /usr/bin/cvs is not setuid,
Sure, but as long as the directories are group-writable it can rename
the old version out of the way. Which is what I think it's actually
doing, because there are some files in the tree that are not group
writable --- src/backend/commands/alter.c,v is an example.
regards, tom lane