From 7447537803edd4cbdefd8477e64c6841bd2234a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:26:24 +0000 Subject: Stamp release 7.4.6. --- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 172 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index ba4d2366658..aa68e90fd74 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,10 +1,80 @@ Release Notes + + Release 7.4.6 + + + Release date + 2004-10-22 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.5. + + + + + Migration to version 7.4.6 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + + + + + Changes + + +Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk + +Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to +could not access transaction status failures, which qualifies +it as a potential-data-loss bug. + +Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples + +Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched +left-side rows given just the right data distribution. + +Disallow running pg_ctl as root + +This is to guard against any possible security issues. + +Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check + +This has been reported as a security issue, though it's hardly worthy of +concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway. + +Prevent forced backend shutdown from re-emitting prior command +result + +In rare cases, a client might think that its last command had succeeded when +it really had been aborted by forced database shutdown. + +Repair bug in pg_stat_get_backend_idset() + +This could lead to misbehavior in some of the system-statistics views. + +Fix small memory leak in postmaster +Fix expected both swapped tables to have TOAST +tables bug + +This could arise in cases such as CLUSTER after ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN. + +Prevent pg_ctl restart from adding -D multiple times +Fix problem with NULL values in GiST indexes +:: is no longer interpreted as a variable in an +ECPG prepare statement + + + + + Release 7.4.5 @@ -140,7 +210,7 @@ names from outer query levels. This fixes a difficult-to-exploit security hole. -Avoid locking conflict between ANALYZE and LISTEN/NOTIFY +Avoid locking conflict between ANALYZE and LISTEN/NOTIFY Numerous translation updates (various contributors) @@ -2258,6 +2328,56 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; + + Release 7.3.8 + + + Release date + 2004-10-22 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.7. + + + + + Migration to version 7.3.8 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. + + + + + Changes + + +Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk + +Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to +could not access transaction status failures, which qualifies +it as a potential-data-loss bug. + +Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples + +Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched +left-side rows given just the right data distribution. + +Disallow running pg_ctl as root + +This is to guard against any possible security issues. + +Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check + +This has been reported as a security issue, though it's hardly worthy of +concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway. + + + + + + Release 7.3.7 @@ -3313,6 +3433,56 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe) + + Release 7.2.6 + + + Release date + 2004-10-22 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.5. + + + + + Migration to version 7.2.6 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.2.X. + + + + + Changes + + +Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk + +Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to +could not access transaction status failures, which qualifies +it as a potential-data-loss bug. + +Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples + +Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched +left-side rows given just the right data distribution. + +Disallow running pg_ctl as root + +This is to guard against any possible security issues. + +Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check + +This has been reported as a security issue, though it's hardly worthy of +concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway. + +Update to newer versions of Bison + + + + Release 7.2.5 -- cgit v1.2.3