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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml index 512fa038dcc..21cea166c18 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,195 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml,v 1.1.4.4 2010/03/10 01:58:24 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml,v 1.1.4.5 2010/05/12 23:27:26 tgl Exp $ --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-8-3-11"> + <title>Release 8.3.11</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.10. + For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-8-3">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 8.3.11</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.8, + see the release notes for 8.3.8. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible crash if a cache reset message is received during + rebuild of a relcache entry (Heikki) + </para> + + <para> + This error was introduced in 8.3.10 while fixing a related failure. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Apply per-function GUC settings while running the language validator + for the function (Itagaki Takahiro) + </para> + + <para> + This avoids failures if the function's code is invalid without the + setting; an example is that SQL functions may not parse if the + <varname>search_path</> is not correct. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Do not allow an unprivileged user to reset superuser-only parameter + settings (Alvaro) + </para> + + <para> + Previously, if an unprivileged user ran <literal>ALTER USER ... RESET + ALL</> for himself, or <literal>ALTER DATABASE ... RESET ALL</> for + a database he owns, this would remove all special parameter settings + for the user or database, even ones that are only supposed to be + changeable by a superuser. Now, the <command>ALTER</> will only + remove the parameters that the user has permission to change. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possible crash during backend shutdown if shutdown occurs + when a <literal>CONTEXT</> addition would be made to log entries (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + In some cases the context-printing function would fail because the + current transaction had already been rolled back when it came time + to print a log message. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure the archiver process responds to changes in + <varname>archive_command</> as soon as possible (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update pl/perl's <filename>ppport.h</> for modern Perl versions + (Andrew) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix assorted memory leaks in pl/python (Andreas Freund, Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Prevent infinite recursion in <application>psql</> when expanding + a variable that refers to itself (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>psql</>'s <literal>\copy</> to not add spaces around + a dot within <literal>\copy (select ...)</> (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + Addition of spaces around the decimal point in a numeric literal would + result in a syntax error. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix unnecessary <quote>GIN indexes do not support whole-index scans</> + errors for unsatisfiable queries using <filename>contrib/intarray</> + operators (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure that <filename>contrib/pgstattuple</> functions respond to cancel + interrupts promptly (Tatsuhito Kasahara) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make server startup deal properly with the case that + <function>shmget()</> returns <literal>EINVAL</> for an existing + shared memory segment (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X. + It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that + the shared memory request size was too large. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possible crashes in syslogger process on Windows (Heikki) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Deal more robustly with incomplete time zone information in the + Windows registry (Magnus) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update the set of known Windows time zone names (Magnus) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2010j + for DST law changes in Argentina, Australian Antarctic, Bangladesh, + Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Tunisia; + also historical corrections for Taiwan. + </para> + + <para> + Also, add <literal>PKST</> (Pakistan Summer Time) to the default set of + timezone abbreviations. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-3-10"> <title>Release 8.3.10</title> |