A very confusing line...

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/role-membership.html
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I guess the phrase
because joe “inherits” admin's privileges

should be changed to
because joe was granted admin's privileges.

The point is, otherwise he inherits something that is not inheritable...

#2Tom Lane
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In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: A very confusing line...

PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:

I guess the phrase
because joe “inherits” admin's privileges

should be changed to
because joe was granted admin's privileges.

The point is, otherwise he inherits something that is not inheritable...

Sure it's inheritable, according to the terminology being used here
(which is baked into the CREATE/ALTER ROLE syntax, so we're not
going to change it lightly).

regards, tom lane