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@@ -1,6 +1,49 @@ Release Notes + Release 7.3.6 + + Release date: 2004-03-02 + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.5. + _________________________________________________________________ + + Migration to version 7.3.6 + + A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3.*. + _________________________________________________________________ + + Changes + + * Revert erroneous changes in rule permissions checking + A patch applied in 7.3.3 to fix a corner case in rule permissions + checks turns out to have disabled rule-related permissions checks + in many not-so-corner cases. This would for example allow users to + insert into views they weren't supposed to have permission to + insert into. We have therefore reverted the 7.3.3 patch. The + original bug will be fixed in 7.5. + * Repair incorrect order of operations in GetNewTransactionId() + This bug could result in failure under out-of-disk-space + conditions, including inability to restart even after disk space + is freed. + * Ensure configure selects -fno-strict-aliasing even when an + external value for CFLAGS is supplied + On some platforms, building with -fstrict-aliasing causes bugs. + * Make pg_restore handle 64-bit off_t correctly + This bug prevented proper restoration from archive files exceeding + 4Gb. + * Make contrib/dblink not assume that local and remote type OIDs + match (Joe) + * Quote connectby()'s start_with argument properly (Joe) + * Don't crash when a rowtype argument to a plpgsql function is NULL + * Avoid generating invalid character encoding sequences in corner + cases when planning LIKE operations + * Ensure text_position() cannot scan past end of source string in + multibyte cases (Korea PostgreSQL Users' Group) + * Fix index optimization and selectivity estimates for LIKE + operations on bytea columns (Joe) + _________________________________________________________________ + Release 7.3.5 Release date: 2003-12-03 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 5048107092c..419421de8fb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,10 +1,75 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.163.2.16 2003/12/02 16:15:47 tgl Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.163.2.17 2004/03/02 00:39:09 tgl Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> <title>Release Notes</title> + <sect1 id="release-7-3-6"> + <title>Release 7.3.6</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2004-03-02</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.5. + </para> + + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 7.3.6</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is <emphasis>not</emphasis> required for those + running 7.3.*. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Revert erroneous changes in rule permissions checking</para> +<para>A patch applied in 7.3.3 to fix a corner case in rule permissions checks +turns out to have disabled rule-related permissions checks in many +not-so-corner cases. This would for example allow users to insert into views +they weren't supposed to have permission to insert into. We have therefore +reverted the 7.3.3 patch. The original bug will be fixed in 7.5. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Repair incorrect order of operations in +GetNewTransactionId()</para> +<para> +This bug could result in failure under out-of-disk-space conditions, including +inability to restart even after disk space is freed. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Ensure configure selects -fno-strict-aliasing even when +an external value for CFLAGS is supplied</para> +<para> +On some platforms, building with -fstrict-aliasing causes bugs. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make pg_restore handle 64-bit off_t correctly</para> +<para> +This bug prevented proper restoration from archive files exceeding 4Gb. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make contrib/dblink not assume that local and remote type OIDs +match (Joe)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Quote connectby()'s start_with argument properly (Joe)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Don't crash when a rowtype argument to a plpgsql function is +NULL</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Avoid generating invalid character encoding sequences in +corner cases when planning LIKE operations</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Ensure text_position() cannot scan past end of source string +in multibyte cases (Korea PostgreSQL Users' Group)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix index optimization and selectivity estimates for LIKE +operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-3-5"> <title>Release 7.3.5</title> |