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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index d405bac1bfb..6e4c467c609 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.488.2.22 2008/09/19 02:45:33 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.488.2.23 2008/10/30 22:22:57 tgl Exp $ --> <!-- Typical markup: @@ -63,6 +63,187 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. review, so each item is truly a community effort. </para> + <sect1 id="release-8-2-11"> + <title>Release 8.2.11</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.10. + For information about new features in the 8.2 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-8-2">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 8.2.11</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.2.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.2.7, + see the release notes for 8.2.7. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix GiST index corruption due to marking the wrong index entry + <quote>dead</> after a deletion (Teodor) + </para> + + <para> + This would result in index searches failing to find rows they + should have found. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix backend crash when the client encoding cannot represent a localized + error message (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + We have addressed similar issues before, but it would still fail if + the <quote>character has no equivalent</> message itself couldn't + be converted. The fix is to disable localization and send the plain + ASCII error message when we detect such a situation. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible crash when deeply nested functions are invoked from + a trigger (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve optimization of <replaceable>expression</> <literal>IN</> + (<replaceable>expression-list</>) queries (Tom, per an idea from Robert + Haas) + </para> + + <para> + Cases in which there are query variables on the right-hand side had been + handled less efficiently in 8.2.x and 8.3.x than in prior versions. + The fix restores 8.1 behavior for such cases. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix mis-expansion of rule queries when a sub-<literal>SELECT</> appears + in a function call in <literal>FROM</>, a multi-row <literal>VALUES</> + list, or a <literal>RETURNING</> list (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + The usual symptom of this problem is an <quote>unrecognized node type</> + error. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix memory leak during rescan of a hashed aggregation plan (Neil) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure an error is reported when a newly-defined PL/pgSQL trigger + function is invoked as a normal function (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Prevent possible collision of <structfield>relfilenode</> numbers + when moving a table to another tablespace with <command>ALTER SET + TABLESPACE</> (Heikki) + </para> + + <para> + The command tried to re-use the existing filename, instead of + picking one that is known unused in the destination directory. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect tsearch2 headline generation when single query + item matches first word of text (Sushant Sinha) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix improper display of fractional seconds in interval values when + using a non-ISO datestyle in an <option>--enable-integer-datetimes</> + build (Ron Mayer) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure <function>SPI_getvalue</> and <function>SPI_getbinval</> + behave correctly when the passed tuple and tuple descriptor have + different numbers of columns (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This situation is normal when a table has had columns added or removed, + but these two functions didn't handle it properly. + The only likely consequence is an incorrect error indication. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>ecpg</>'s parsing of <command>CREATE ROLE</> (Michael) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix recent breakage of <literal>pg_ctl restart</> (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure <filename>pg_control</> is opened in binary mode + (Itagaki Takahiro) + </para> + + <para> + <application>pg_controldata</> and <application>pg_resetxlog</> + did this incorrectly, and so could fail on Windows. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2008i (for + DST law changes in Argentina, Brazil, Mauritius, Syria) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-2-10"> <title>Release 8.2.10</title> @@ -2297,8 +2478,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <para> Increase default values for <link linkend="guc-shared-buffers"><varname>shared_buffers</></link> - and <link - linkend="guc-max-fsm-pages"><varname>max_fsm_pages</></link> + and <varname>max_fsm_pages</> (Andrew) </para> </listitem> @@ -4335,6 +4515,155 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-1-15"> + <title>Release 8.1.15</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.14. + For information about new features in the 8.1 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-8-1">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 8.1.15</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.2, + see the release notes for 8.1.2. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix GiST index corruption due to marking the wrong index entry + <quote>dead</> after a deletion (Teodor) + </para> + + <para> + This would result in index searches failing to find rows they + should have found. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix backend crash when the client encoding cannot represent a localized + error message (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + We have addressed similar issues before, but it would still fail if + the <quote>character has no equivalent</> message itself couldn't + be converted. The fix is to disable localization and send the plain + ASCII error message when we detect such a situation. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible crash when deeply nested functions are invoked from + a trigger (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix mis-expansion of rule queries when a sub-<literal>SELECT</> appears + in a function call in <literal>FROM</>, a multi-row <literal>VALUES</> + list, or a <literal>RETURNING</> list (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + The usual symptom of this problem is an <quote>unrecognized node type</> + error. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure an error is reported when a newly-defined PL/pgSQL trigger + function is invoked as a normal function (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Prevent possible collision of <structfield>relfilenode</> numbers + when moving a table to another tablespace with <command>ALTER SET + TABLESPACE</> (Heikki) + </para> + + <para> + The command tried to re-use the existing filename, instead of + picking one that is known unused in the destination directory. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect tsearch2 headline generation when single query + item matches first word of text (Sushant Sinha) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix improper display of fractional seconds in interval values when + using a non-ISO datestyle in an <option>--enable-integer-datetimes</> + build (Ron Mayer) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure <function>SPI_getvalue</> and <function>SPI_getbinval</> + behave correctly when the passed tuple and tuple descriptor have + different numbers of columns (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This situation is normal when a table has had columns added or removed, + but these two functions didn't handle it properly. + The only likely consequence is an incorrect error indication. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>ecpg</>'s parsing of <command>CREATE ROLE</> (Michael) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix recent breakage of <literal>pg_ctl restart</> (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2008i (for + DST law changes in Argentina, Brazil, Mauritius, Syria) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-1-14"> <title>Release 8.1.14</title> @@ -8256,6 +8585,117 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1 </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-0-19"> + <title>Release 8.0.19</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.18. + For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-8-0">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 8.0.19</title> + + <para> + 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> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix backend crash when the client encoding cannot represent a localized + error message (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + We have addressed similar issues before, but it would still fail if + the <quote>character has no equivalent</> message itself couldn't + be converted. The fix is to disable localization and send the plain + ASCII error message when we detect such a situation. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible crash when deeply nested functions are invoked from + a trigger (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure an error is reported when a newly-defined PL/pgSQL trigger + function is invoked as a normal function (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect tsearch2 headline generation when single query + item matches first word of text (Sushant Sinha) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix improper display of fractional seconds in interval values when + using a non-ISO datestyle in an <option>--enable-integer-datetimes</> + build (Ron Mayer) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure <function>SPI_getvalue</> and <function>SPI_getbinval</> + behave correctly when the passed tuple and tuple descriptor have + different numbers of columns (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This situation is normal when a table has had columns added or removed, + but these two functions didn't handle it properly. + The only likely consequence is an incorrect error indication. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>ecpg</>'s parsing of <command>CREATE USER</> (Michael) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix recent breakage of <literal>pg_ctl restart</> (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2008i (for + DST law changes in Argentina, Brazil, Mauritius, Syria) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-0-18"> <title>Release 8.0.18</title> @@ -12538,6 +12978,90 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem> </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-23"> + <title>Release 7.4.23</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.22. + For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-7-4">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 7.4.23</title> + + <para> + 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> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix backend crash when the client encoding cannot represent a localized + error message (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + We have addressed similar issues before, but it would still fail if + the <quote>character has no equivalent</> message itself couldn't + be converted. The fix is to disable localization and send the plain + ASCII error message when we detect such a situation. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect tsearch2 headline generation when single query + item matches first word of text (Sushant Sinha) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix improper display of fractional seconds in interval values when + using a non-ISO datestyle in an <option>--enable-integer-datetimes</> + build (Ron Mayer) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure <function>SPI_getvalue</> and <function>SPI_getbinval</> + behave correctly when the passed tuple and tuple descriptor have + different numbers of columns (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This situation is normal when a table has had columns added or removed, + but these two functions didn't handle it properly. + The only likely consequence is an incorrect error indication. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>ecpg</>'s parsing of <command>CREATE USER</> (Michael) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-22"> <title>Release 7.4.22</title> |