From 42a8068b5ca8c27ef21dbfecebfd8bb0430139b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:27:05 +0000
Subject: Stamp release 7.3.8.

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 doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/src')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 4a313fc90c1..682eb5e3d0d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,10 +1,60 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.163.2.18 2004/08/15 00:52:01 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.163.2.19 2004/10/22 00:27:04 tgl Exp $
 -->
 
 <appendix id="release">
  <title>Release Notes</title>
 
+  <sect1 id="release-7-3-8">
+   <title>Release 7.3.8</title>
+
+   <note>
+   <title>Release date</title>
+   <simpara>2004-10-22</simpara>
+   </note>
+
+   <para>
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.7.
+   </para>
+
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Migration to version 7.3.8</title>
+
+    <para>
+     A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk</para>
+<para>
+Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to 
+<quote>could not access transaction status</> failures, which qualifies
+it as a potential-data-loss bug.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples</para>
+<para>
+Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched
+left-side rows given just the right data distribution.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Disallow running pg_ctl as root</para>
+<para>
+This is to guard against any possible security issues.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check</para>
+<para>
+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.
+</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+  </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
   <sect1 id="release-7-3-7">
    <title>Release 7.3.7</title>
 
@@ -1173,6 +1223,56 @@ Improve /contrib/fulltextindex (Christopher)
   </sect2>
  </sect1>
 
+  <sect1 id="release-7-2-6">
+   <title>Release 7.2.6</title>
+
+   <note>
+   <title>Release date</title>
+   <simpara>2004-10-22</simpara>
+   </note>
+
+   <para>
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.5.
+   </para>
+
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Migration to version 7.2.6</title>
+
+    <para>
+     A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.2.X.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk</para>
+<para>
+Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to 
+<quote>could not access transaction status</> failures, which qualifies
+it as a potential-data-loss bug.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples</para>
+<para>
+Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched
+left-side rows given just the right data distribution.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Disallow running pg_ctl as root</para>
+<para>
+This is to guard against any possible security issues.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check</para>
+<para>
+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.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Update to newer versions of Bison</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+  </sect2>
+ </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="release-7-2-5">
    <title>Release 7.2.5</title>
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