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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.400.2.34 2007/01/05 20:03:46 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.400.2.35 2007/01/05 22:34:54 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- <!--
Typical markup: Typical markup:
@@ -60,29 +60,59 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix <application>pg_restore</> so it can restore a tar-format backup Fix <application>pg_restore</> to handle a tar-format backup
that contains large object comments (Tom) that contains large objects (blobs) with comments (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to recover from Fix <quote>failed to re-find parent key</> errors in
a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) <command>VACUUM</> (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix point-in-time-recovery bug where stale status files could prevent Clean out <filename>pg_internal.init</> cache files during server
restore (Simon, Tom) restart (Simon)
</para>
<para>
This avoids a hazard that the cache files might contain stale
data after PITR recovery.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple empty Fix race condition for truncation of a large relation across a
elements (Tom) gigabyte boundary by <command>VACUUM</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix bug causing needless deadlock errors on row-level locks (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix bugs affecting multi-gigabyte hash indexes (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible deadlock in Windows signal handling (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple
empty elements (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -94,28 +124,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Improve savepoint and multi-transction row locking algorithms to avoid Fix for Darwin (OS X) compilation (Tom)
erroneous deadlock cases (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte
segments (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix problem where truncation of a multi-gigabyte table might cause
consistency problems with other backends (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix for Darwin/OS-X compiles (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -130,22 +139,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<para> <para>
This is because <link This is because <link
linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially
change the output of the functions. change the output of these functions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update timezone database, particularly for Western Australia,
which has a new daylight savings date (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Document a risk that if a row is locked inside multiple sub-transactions
in the same transaction, and a sub-transaction is rolled back, the row
lock is lost (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -159,6 +153,17 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update timezone database
</para>
<para>
This affects Australian and Canadian daylight-savings rules in
particular.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect2> </sect2>
@@ -349,7 +354,7 @@ MIN/MAX optimization (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix crash from using and modifying a plpgsql function in the <listitem><para>Fix crash from using and modifying a plpgsql function in the
same transaction</para></listitem> same transaction</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix WAL replay for case where a btree index has been <listitem><para>Fix WAL replay for case where a B-Tree index has been
truncated</para></listitem> truncated</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <literal>SIMILAR TO</> for patterns involving <listitem><para>Fix <literal>SIMILAR TO</> for patterns involving
@@ -1472,7 +1477,7 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
This prevents a large number of <filename>*.backup</> files from This prevents a large number of <filename>*.backup</> files from
existing in <filename>/pg_xlog</>. existing in <filename>pg_xlog/</>.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -2858,15 +2863,34 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
This is intended to fix problems with starting the statistics This fixes a problem with starting the statistics collector,
collector, among other things. among other things.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to recover from Fix <quote>failed to re-find parent key</> errors in
a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) <command>VACUUM</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix race condition for truncation of a large relation across a
gigabyte boundary by <command>VACUUM</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix bugs affecting multi-gigabyte hash indexes (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible deadlock in Windows signal handling (Teodor)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -2883,20 +2907,6 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte
segments (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix problem where truncation of a multi-gigabyte table might cause
consistency problems with other backends (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
<function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</> <function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</>
@@ -2908,22 +2918,7 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
<para> <para>
This is because <link This is because <link
linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially
change the output of the functions. change the output of these functions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update timezone database, particularly for Western Australia,
which has a new daylight savings date (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Document a risk that if a row is locked inside multiple sub-transactions
in the same transaction, and a sub-transaction is rolled back, the row
lock is lost (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -2937,6 +2932,17 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update timezone database
</para>
<para>
This affects Australian and Canadian daylight-savings rules in
particular.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect2> </sect2>
@@ -6190,22 +6196,21 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to recover from Fix <quote>failed to re-find parent key</> errors in
a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) <command>VACUUM</> (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple empty Fix bugs affecting multi-gigabyte hash indexes (Tom)
elements (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple
segments (Tom) empty elements (Tom)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -6220,7 +6225,7 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<para> <para>
This is because <link This is because <link
linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially
change the output of the functions. change the output of these functions.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -9237,7 +9242,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<para> <para>
This is because <link This is because <link
linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially
change the output of the functions. change the output of these functions.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@@ -9926,7 +9931,7 @@ On some platforms, building with -fstrict-aliasing causes bugs.
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make pg_restore handle 64-bit off_t correctly</para> <listitem><para>Make pg_restore handle 64-bit off_t correctly</para>
<para> <para>
This bug prevented proper restoration from archive files exceeding 4Gb. This bug prevented proper restoration from archive files exceeding 4 GB.
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make contrib/dblink not assume that local and remote type OIDs <listitem><para>Make contrib/dblink not assume that local and remote type OIDs
match (Joe)</para></listitem> match (Joe)</para></listitem>