From 02a87f18f2e5a5adc65b3706f01c1c27ffe4454f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:14:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Final updates of release notes for 8.4.1, 8.3.8, 8.2.14, 8.1.18, 8.0.22, 7.4.26. --- doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml index e7374dbe933..5a652e7e8b5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release date - 2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26 + 2009-09-09 @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + However, if you have any hash indexes on interval columns, + you must REINDEX them after updating to 7.4.26. + Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11, + see the release notes for 7.4.11. @@ -31,7 +35,94 @@ - Re-add documentation for configure flag --no-readline (Andrew) + Disallow RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION + AUTHORIZATION inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki) + + + + This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that + disallowed SET ROLE and SET SESSION + AUTHORIZATION inside security-definer functions. + (See CVE-2007-6600) + + + + + + Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of + an outer-level aggregate function (Tom) + + + + + + Fix hash calculation for data type interval (Tom) + + + + This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values. + It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns. + If you have any such indexes, you must REINDEX them + after updating. + + + + + + Fix overflow for INTERVAL 'x ms' + when x is more than 2 million and integer + datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker) + + + + + + Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom) + + + + This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators. + + + + + + Fix money data type to work in locales where currency + amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro) + + + + + + Properly round datetime input like + 00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999 (Tom) + + + + + + Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes + (Teodor) + + + + + + Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan) + + + + + + Improve robustness of libpq's code to recover + from errors during COPY FROM STDIN (Tom) + + + + + + Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files + when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)