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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/Makefile | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 164 |
2 files changed, 108 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/Makefile b/doc/src/sgml/Makefile index 5ffc026c552..c8c00651e7e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/Makefile +++ b/doc/src/sgml/Makefile @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # # PostgreSQL documentation makefile # -# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Makefile,v 1.61 2003/12/11 22:10:51 petere Exp $ +# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Makefile,v 1.62 2003/12/15 22:24:59 momjian Exp $ # #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ INSTALL.html: standalone-install.sgml installation.sgml version.sgml $(JADE.text) -V nochunks standalone-install.sgml installation.sgml >$@ HISTORY.html: release.sgml - ( echo '<!doctype appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">'; \ + ( echo '<!doctype appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN">'; \ cat $< ) >tempfile_HISTORY.sgml $(JADE.text) -V nochunks tempfile_HISTORY.sgml >$@ rm tempfile_HISTORY.sgml regress_README.html: regress.sgml - ( echo '<!doctype chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" ['; \ + ( echo '<!doctype chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN" ['; \ echo '<!entity % standalone-ignore "IGNORE"> ]>'; \ cat $< ) >tempfile_regress_README.sgml $(JADE.text) -V nochunks tempfile_regress_README.sgml >$@ diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 5401bb17ded..7f4e13319da 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,10 +1,93 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.246 2003/12/02 16:14:12 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.247 2003/12/15 22:24:59 momjian Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> <title>Release Notes</title> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-1"> + <title>Release 7.4.1</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2003-12-15</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This has a variety of fixes from 7.4. + </para> + + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 7.4</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is <emphasis>not</emphasis> required for those + running 7.4. + </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + +<para>Changes as of 2003-12-14</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Fixed bug in CREATE SCHEMA parsing (Michael)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix --enable-thread-safety compile error when used with --with-perl (Peter)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix for subqueries that used hash joins (Tom)</para> +<para> + Certain subqueries that used hash joins would crash because of + improperly shared structures. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix free space map compaction bug (Tom)</para> +<para> + This fixes a bug where compaction of the free space map could lead + to a database server shutdown. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix for Borland compiler build of libpq (Bruce)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix netmask() and hostmask() to return the maximum-length masklen (Tom)</para> +<para> + Fix these functions to return values consistent with pre-7.4 + releases. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>Several /contrib/pg_autovacuum fixes</para> +<para> + Fixes include improper variable initialization, missing vacuum after + TRUNCATE, and duration computation overflow for long vacuums. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>Allow compile of /contrib/cube under Cygwin (Jason Tishler)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix Solaris use of password file when no passwords are defined (Tom)</para> +<para> + Fix crash on Solaris caused by use of any type of password + authentication when no passwords were defined. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>JDBC fix for thread problems, other fixes</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix for index bytea lookups (Joe)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix information schema for bit data types (Peter)</para> +<para> + To enable this fix, an initdb is required. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>Force zero_damaged_pages to be on during recovery from WAL</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Prevent some obscure cases of <quote>variable not in subplan target lists</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make PQescapeBytea and byteaout consistent with each other (Joe)</para> +<listitem><para>Escape bytea output for bytes > 0x7e(Joe)</para> +<para> + If different client encodings are used for bytea output and input, it + is possible for bytea values to be corrupted by the differing + encodings. This fix escapes all bytes that might be affected. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>Added missing SPI_finish() calls to dblink's get_tuple_of_interest() (Joe)</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-4"> <title>Release 7.4</title> @@ -1882,64 +1965,26 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.246 2003/12/02 16:14:12 tgl Exp <title>Changes</title> <itemizedlist> -<listitem><para> -Force zero_damaged_pages to be on during recovery from WAL -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Prevent some obscure cases of <quote>variable not in subplan target lists</> -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Force stats processes to detach from shared memory, ensuring cleaner shutdown -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Make PQescapeBytea and byteaout consistent with each other (Joe) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Added missing SPI_finish() calls to get_tuple_of_interest() (Joe) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix for possible foreign key violation when rule rewrites INSERT (Jan) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Support qualified type names in PL/Tcl's spi_prepare command (Jan) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Make pg_dump handle a procedural language handler located in pg_catalog -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Make pg_dump handle cases where a custom opclass is in another schema -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Make pg_dump dump binary-compatible casts correctly (Jan) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix insertion of expressions containing subqueries into rule bodies -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix incorrect argument processing in clusterdb script (Anand Ranganathan) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix problems with dropped columns in plpython triggers -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Repair problems with to_char() reading past end of its input string (Karel) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix GB18030 mapping errors (Tatsuo) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix several problems with SSL error handling and asynchronous SSL I/O -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Remove ability to bind a list of values to a single parameter in JDBC -(prevents possible SQL-injection attacks) -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix some errors in HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP code paths -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> -Fix corner case for btree search in parallel with first root page split -</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Force zero_damaged_pages to be on during recovery from WAL</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Prevent some obscure cases of <quote>variable not in subplan target lists</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Force stats processes to detach from shared memory, ensuring cleaner shutdown</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make PQescapeBytea and byteaout consistent with each other (Joe)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Added missing SPI_finish() calls to dblink's get_tuple_of_interest() (Joe)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix for possible foreign key violation when rule rewrites INSERT (Jan)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Support qualified type names in PL/Tcl's spi_prepare command (Jan)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make pg_dump handle a procedural language handler located in pg_catalog</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make pg_dump handle cases where a custom opclass is in another schema</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Make pg_dump dump binary-compatible casts correctly (Jan)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix insertion of expressions containing subqueries into rule bodies</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix incorrect argument processing in clusterdb script (Anand Ranganathan)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix problems with dropped columns in plpython triggers</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Repair problems with to_char() reading past end of its input string (Karel)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix GB18030 mapping errors (Tatsuo)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix several problems with SSL error handling and asynchronous SSL I/O</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Remove ability to bind a list of values to a single parameter in JDBC +(prevents possible SQL-injection attacks)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix some errors in HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP code paths</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fix corner case for btree search in parallel with first root page split</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> @@ -7351,3 +7396,4 @@ sgml-local-catalogs:("/usr/lib/sgml/catalog") sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: --> + |