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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2006-02-12 22:35:52 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2006-02-12 22:35:52 +0000 |
commit | 2d584b5c1be266fca68c5d1a90c20872ada37fe7 (patch) | |
tree | 2e3cd04c1367b5c28b74648107a1b06dec1e793c | |
parent | df2c740c94f255077848fdef69df47630273feac (diff) | |
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Update release notes.
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1 files changed, 92 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 1d7d2cf1f37..5e49bbc5c76 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.22 2006/02/12 22:35:52 tgl Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 mo <title>Migration to version 8.0.7</title> <para> - A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6, see the release + notes for 8.0.6. </para> </sect2> @@ -30,23 +32,42 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 mo <itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>Fixes for relation cache management and WAL file creation +<listitem><para>Fix potential crash in <command>SET +SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> (CVE-2006-0553)</para> +<para>An unprivileged user could crash the server process, resulting in +momentary denial of service to other users, if the server has been compiled +with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). +Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted +rows (Tom)</para> +<para>Under rare circumstances a row inserted by the current command +could be seen as already valid, when it should not be. Repairs bug +created in 8.0.4, 7.4.9, and 7.3.11 releases. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Fix race condition that could lead to <quote>file already +exists</> errors during pg_clog and pg_subtrans file creation (Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix cases that could lead to crashes if a cache-invalidation +message arrives at just the wrong time (Tom)</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Properly check <literal>DOMAIN</> constraints for <literal>UNKNOWN</> parameters in prepared statements (Neil)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Change <command>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</> to drop -<literal>FOREIGN KEY</> constraints before <literal>UNIQUE</> or -<literal>PRIMARY KEY</> constraints (Nakano Yoshihisa)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Ensure <command>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</> will process +<literal>FOREIGN KEY</>, <literal>UNIQUE</>, and <literal>PRIMARY KEY</> +constraints in the proper order (Nakano Yoshihisa)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Fix <literal>CREATE OPERATOR</> dumps that have -cross-schema definitions (Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fixes to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema +references to custom operators or operator classes (Tom)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Allow <application>pg_restore</> to continue after a -<command>COPY</> failure, rather than treating the remaining statements -as <command>COPY</> data (Stephen Frost)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Allow <application>pg_restore</> to continue properly after a +<command>COPY</> failure; formerly it tried to treat the remaining +<command>COPY</> data as SQL commands (Stephen Frost)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>pg_ctl</> <literal>unregister</> crash when the data directory is not specified (Magnus)</para></listitem> @@ -54,24 +75,27 @@ when the data directory is not specified (Magnus)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>ecpg</> crash on AMD64 and PPC (Neil)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Fix problem with argument passing with error reporting +<listitem><para>Recover properly if error occurs during argument passing in <application>PL/python</> (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>PL/perl</>'s handling of locales on Win32 to match the backend (Andrew)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Fix crash when <literal>log_min_messages</> is set in -<literal>postgresql.conf</> to <literal>DEBUG5</> on Win32 +<listitem><para>Fix crash when <literal>log_min_messages</> is set to +<literal>DEBUG3</> or above in <filename>postgresql.conf</> on Win32 (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>pgxs</> <literal>-L</> library path -specification for Win32 and Cygwin (Bruce)</para></listitem> +specification for Win32, Cygwin, OS X, AIX (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Check that SID is enabled while checking for Win32 admin privileges (Magnus)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Portability fix for <function>finite</> and -<function>isinf</> (Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Properly reject out-of-range date inputs (Kris +Jurka)</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Portability fix for testing presence of <function>finite</> +and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -3038,7 +3062,9 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem> <title>Migration to version 7.4.12</title> <para> - A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11, see the release + notes for 7.4.11. </para> </sect2> @@ -3047,21 +3073,34 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem> <itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>Fixes for relation cache management and WAL file creation -(Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix potential crash in <command>SET +SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> (CVE-2006-0553)</para> +<para>An unprivileged user could crash the server process, resulting in +momentary denial of service to other users, if the server has been compiled +with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). +Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. +</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Fix rare bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted -rows (Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted +rows (Tom)</para> +<para>Under rare circumstances a row inserted by the current command +could be seen as already valid, when it should not be. Repairs bug +created in 7.4.9 and 7.3.11 releases. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Fix race condition that could lead to <quote>file already +exists</> errors during pg_clog file creation +(Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Properly check <literal>DOMAIN</> constraints for <literal>UNKNOWN</> parameters in prepared statements (Neil)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Fix <literal>CREATE OPERATOR</> dumps that have -cross-schema definitions (Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema +references to custom operators (Tom)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Portability fix for <function>finite</> and -<function>isinf</> (Tom)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Portability fix for testing presence of <function>finite</> +and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -5832,7 +5871,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; <title>Migration to version 7.3.14</title> <para> - A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release + notes for 7.3.13. </para> </sect2> @@ -5841,7 +5882,30 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; <itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>PLACE HOLDER</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix potential crash in <command>SET +SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> (CVE-2006-0553)</para> +<para>An unprivileged user could crash the server process, resulting in +momentary denial of service to other users, if the server has been compiled +with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). +Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted +rows (Tom)</para> +<para>Under rare circumstances a row inserted by the current command +could be seen as already valid, when it should not be. Repairs bug +created in 7.3.11 release. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Fix race condition that could lead to <quote>file already +exists</> errors during pg_clog file creation +(Tom)</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Fix to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema +references to custom operators (Tom)</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>Portability fix for testing presence of <function>finite</> +and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> |