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

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 17:55, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> 1. How did all those pre-existing references to S_IRXWU compile?

> Yeah, that's weird. IIRC (I stopped looking for the moment, need a
> step back) some of them were protected by #ifndef WIN32, but not all
> of them..

The lightbulb just went on: in win32.h,

#define mkdir(a,b)    mkdir(a)

I didn't go through in complete detail, but I'll bet all the "working"
instances are in mkdir calls, or else inside #ifndef WIN32.

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.
        regards, tom lane