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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml index 078ac878418..e9bee987321 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,271 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-6-5"> + <title>Release 9.6.5</title> + + <formalpara> + <title>Release date:</title> + <para>2017-08-31</para> + </formalpara> + + <para> + This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.6.4. + For information about new features in the 9.6 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-6">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.6.5</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.6.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.6.4, + see <xref linkend="release-9-6-4">. + </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [b51c8efc6] 2017-08-24 15:21:32 -0700 +--> + <para> + Fix failure of walsender processes to respond to shutdown signals + (Marco Nenciarini) + </para> + + <para> + A missed flag update resulted in walsenders continuing to run as long + as they had a standby server connected, preventing primary-server + shutdown unless immediate shutdown mode is used. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> +Branch: master [0659465ca] 2017-08-15 19:27:22 -0400 +Branch: REL_10_STABLE [3ea58216d] 2017-08-15 19:30:35 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [dce90c7c8] 2017-08-15 19:31:06 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [dbeefe64f] 2017-08-15 19:32:00 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [52427015a] 2017-08-15 19:32:41 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [9f0f4efc2] 2017-08-15 19:32:52 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [98e6784aa] 2017-08-15 19:33:04 -0400 +--> + <para> + Show foreign tables + in <structname>information_schema</>.<structname>table_privileges</> + view (Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + All other relevant <structname>information_schema</> views include + foreign tables, but this one ignored them. + </para> + + <para> + Since this view definition is installed by <application>initdb</>, + merely upgrading will not fix the problem. If you need to fix this + in an existing installation, you can, as a superuser, do this + in <application>psql</>: +<programlisting> +BEGIN; +DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; +\i <replaceable>SHAREDIR</>/information_schema.sql +COMMIT; +</programlisting> + (Run <literal>pg_config --sharedir</> if you're uncertain + where <replaceable>SHAREDIR</> is.) This must be repeated in each + database to be fixed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [5b6289c1e] 2017-08-14 15:43:20 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [624b6f328] 2017-08-14 15:43:20 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [51684bad9] 2017-08-14 15:43:20 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [daafb11ff] 2017-08-14 15:43:20 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [cd184273b] 2017-08-14 15:43:20 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [8ae41ceae] 2017-08-14 15:43:20 -0400 +--> + <para> + Clean up handling of a fatal exit (e.g., due to receipt + of <systemitem>SIGTERM</>) that occurs while trying to execute + a <command>ROLLBACK</> of a failed transaction (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This situation could result in an assertion failure. In production + builds, the exit would still occur, but it would log an unexpected + message about <quote>cannot drop active portal</>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [004a9702e] 2017-08-13 16:15:14 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [a64b5a992] 2017-08-13 16:15:14 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [425be3ac9] 2017-08-13 16:15:14 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [5a3688dc8] 2017-08-13 16:15:14 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [bb11ff2bc] 2017-08-13 16:15:14 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [5069017fe] 2017-08-13 16:15:14 -0400 +--> + <para> + Remove assertion that could trigger during a fatal exit (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [749c7c417] 2017-08-09 17:03:09 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [e2e398473] 2017-08-09 17:03:09 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [d1c1d90e1] 2017-08-09 17:03:09 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [95a0a8d2a] 2017-08-09 17:03:09 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [06931a9c0] 2017-08-09 17:03:10 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [4e704aac1] 2017-08-09 17:03:10 -0400 +--> + <para> + Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type over + a composite type or domain type being searched for (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + Certain <command>ALTER</> commands that change the definition of a + composite type or domain type are supposed to fail if there are any + stored values of that type in the database, because they lack the + infrastructure needed to update or check such values. Previously, + these checks could miss relevant values that are wrapped inside range + types or sub-domains, possibly allowing the database to become + inconsistent. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [9bf4068cc] 2017-08-08 19:18:22 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [fe578cbd4] 2017-08-08 19:18:23 -0400 +--> + <para> + Prevent crash when passing fixed-length pass-by-reference data types + to parallel worker processes (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master [b1c2d76a2] 2017-08-19 13:39:51 -0400 +Branch: REL_10_STABLE [1c3869c0b] 2017-08-19 13:39:52 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [41803d55a] 2017-08-19 13:39:38 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [258aac0b2] 2017-08-19 13:39:38 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [59dde9fed] 2017-08-19 13:39:38 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [ece4bd901] 2017-08-19 13:39:38 -0400 +--> + <para> + Fix crash in <application>pg_restore</> when using parallel mode and + using a list file to select a subset of items to restore (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [ea0ca75d5] 2017-08-14 11:29:34 +0200 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [3d7a1e2b9] 2017-08-16 13:28:14 +0200 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [f2ed2d0a1] 2017-08-16 13:28:37 +0200 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [bd502753a] 2017-08-16 13:29:00 +0200 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [f8bc6b2f6] 2017-08-16 13:30:09 +0200 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [60b135c82] 2017-08-16 13:30:20 +0200 +--> + <para> + Change <application>ecpg</>'s parser to allow <literal>RETURNING</> + clauses without attached C variables (Michael Meskes) + </para> + + <para> + This allows <application>ecpg</> programs to contain SQL constructs + that use <literal>RETURNING</> internally (for example, inside a CTE) + rather than using it to define values to be returned to the client. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> +Branch: master [a4619b26a] 2017-08-15 17:14:52 +0200 +Branch: REL_10_STABLE [a6b174f55] 2017-08-16 13:27:21 +0200 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [954490fec] 2017-08-16 13:28:10 +0200 +--> + <para> + Change <application>ecpg</>'s parser to recognize backslash + continuation of C preprocessor command lines (Michael Meskes) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [5a5c2feca] 2017-08-14 11:48:59 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [3883be3ea] 2017-08-14 11:48:59 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [1621a7553] 2017-08-14 11:48:59 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [01de7ea85] 2017-08-14 11:48:59 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [25169b948] 2017-08-14 11:48:59 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [e3335ec0b] 2017-08-14 11:48:59 -0400 +Branch: master [b5178c5d0] 2017-08-17 13:13:47 -0400 +Branch: REL_10_STABLE [1d7a479d2] 2017-08-17 13:13:56 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [c34331488] 2017-08-17 13:14:06 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [bff216d87] 2017-08-17 13:14:11 -0400 +Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [4f862351d] 2017-08-17 13:15:15 -0400 +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [bc4404405] 2017-08-17 13:15:36 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [f7e4783dd] 2017-08-17 13:15:46 -0400 +--> + <para> + Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This fix avoids possible crashes of PL/Perl due to inconsistent + assumptions about the width of <type>time_t</> values. + A side-effect that may be visible to extension developers is + that <literal>_USE_32BIT_TIME_T</> is no longer defined globally + in <productname>PostgreSQL</> Windows builds. This is not expected + to cause problems, because type <type>time_t</> is not used + in any <productname>PostgreSQL</> API definitions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master Release: REL_10_STABLE [a76200de8] 2017-08-09 12:05:53 -0400 +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [fc2aafe4a] 2017-08-09 12:06:08 -0400 +Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [a784d5f21] 2017-08-09 12:06:14 -0400 +--> + <para> + Fix <literal>make check</> to behave correctly when invoked via a + non-GNU make program (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-6-4"> <title>Release 9.6.4</title> |