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@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@ Release Notes + 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 Release date: 2004-08-16 @@ -849,6 +878,68 @@ Contrib Improve /contrib/fulltextindex (Christopher) _________________________________________________________________ + 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 + + Release date: 2004-08-16 + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.4. + _________________________________________________________________ + + Migration to version 7.2.5 + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.2.X. + _________________________________________________________________ + + Changes + + * Prevent possible loss of committed transactions during crash + Due to insufficient interlocking between transaction commit and + checkpointing, it was possible for transactions committed just + before the most recent checkpoint to be lost, in whole or in part, + following a database crash and restart. This is a serious bug that + has existed since PostgreSQL 7.1. + * Fix corner case for btree search in parallel with first root page + split + * Fix buffer overrun in to_ascii (Guido Notari) + * Fix core dump in deadlock detection on machines where char is + unsigned + * Fix failure to respond to "pg_ctl stop -m fast" after + Async_NotifyHandler runs + * Repair memory leaks in pg_dump + * Avoid conflict with system definition of isblank() function or + macro + _________________________________________________________________ + Release 7.2.4 Release date: 2003-01-30 |