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<title>Release 8.2.12</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.11.
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For information about new features in the 8.2 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-8-2">.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 8.2.12</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.2.X.
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Prevent possible Assert failure or misconversion if an encoding
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conversion is created with the wrong conversion function for the
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specified pair of encodings (Tom, Heikki)
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rewritten into another kind of statement, for example if an
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constraints involving user-defined stable or immutable functions. Such
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return zero instead of the correct OID (Tom)
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This could result in bad plans for queries like
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<literal>... from a left join b on a.a1 = b.b1 where a.a1 = 42 ...</>
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vacuumed away. This cannot happen with an ordinary cursor,
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Fix <filename>contrib/dblink</>'s
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Fix possible garbage output from <filename>contrib/sslinfo</> functions
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Fix <application>configure</> script to properly report failure when
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unable to obtain linkage information for PL/Perl (Andrew)
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</para>
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<para>
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Make all documentation reference <literal>pgsql-bugs</> and/or
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<literal>pgsql-hackers</> as appropriate, instead of the
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now-decommissioned <literal>pgsql-ports</> and <literal>pgsql-patches</>
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mailing lists (Tom)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009a (for
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Kathmandu and historical DST corrections in Switzerland, Cuba)
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</para>
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<sect1 id="release-8-2-11">
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<title>Release 8.2.11</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.2.X.
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.2.7,
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see the release notes for 8.2.7. If you were running a previous
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8.2.X release, REINDEX all GiST indexes after the upgrade.
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see the release notes for 8.2.7. Also, if you were running a previous
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8.2.X release, it is recommended to <command>REINDEX</> all GiST
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indexes after the upgrade.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<para>
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This would result in index searches failing to find rows they
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should have found.
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should have found. Corrupted indexes can be fixed with
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<command>REINDEX</>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-8-1-16">
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<title>Release 8.1.16</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.15.
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For information about new features in the 8.1 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-8-1">.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 8.1.16</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X.
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.15,
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see the release notes for 8.1.15.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix crash in autovacuum (Alvaro)
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</para>
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<para>
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The crash occurs only after vacuuming a whole database for
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anti-transaction-wraparound purposes, which means that it occurs
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infrequently and is hard to track down.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve handling of URLs in <function>headline()</> function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve handling of overlength headlines in <function>headline()</>
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function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent possible Assert failure or misconversion if an encoding
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conversion is created with the wrong conversion function for the
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specified pair of encodings (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Avoid unnecessary locking of small tables in <command>VACUUM</>
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(Heikki)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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contents of TOAST tables (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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as TOAST pointers, which would fail if the referenced table got dropped
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before the cursor is read, or if the large value is deleted and then
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vacuumed away. This cannot happen with an ordinary cursor,
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but it could with a cursor that is held past its creating transaction.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix uninitialized variables in <filename>contrib/tsearch2</>'s
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<function>get_covers()</> function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <application>configure</> script to properly report failure when
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unable to obtain linkage information for PL/Perl (Andrew)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Make all documentation reference <literal>pgsql-bugs</> and/or
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<literal>pgsql-hackers</> as appropriate, instead of the
|
||||
now-decommissioned <literal>pgsql-ports</> and <literal>pgsql-patches</>
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mailing lists (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009a (for
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Kathmandu and historical DST corrections in Switzerland, Cuba)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-8-1-15">
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<title>Release 8.1.15</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X.
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.2,
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see the release notes for 8.1.2. If you were running a previous
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8.1.X release, REINDEX all GiST indexes after the upgrade.
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see the release notes for 8.1.2. Also, if you were running a previous
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8.1.X release, it is recommended to <command>REINDEX</> all GiST
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indexes after the upgrade.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<para>
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This would result in index searches failing to find rows they
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should have found.
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should have found. Corrupted indexes can be fixed with
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<command>REINDEX</>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-8-0-20">
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<title>Release 8.0.20</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.19.
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For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-8-0">.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 8.0.20</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X.
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6,
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see the release notes for 8.0.6.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve handling of URLs in <function>headline()</> function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve handling of overlength headlines in <function>headline()</>
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function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent possible Assert failure or misconversion if an encoding
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conversion is created with the wrong conversion function for the
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specified pair of encodings (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Avoid unnecessary locking of small tables in <command>VACUUM</>
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(Heikki)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix uninitialized variables in <filename>contrib/tsearch2</>'s
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<function>get_covers()</> function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Make all documentation reference <literal>pgsql-bugs</> and/or
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<literal>pgsql-hackers</> as appropriate, instead of the
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now-decommissioned <literal>pgsql-ports</> and <literal>pgsql-patches</>
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mailing lists (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009a (for
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Kathmandu and historical DST corrections in Switzerland, Cuba)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-8-0-19">
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<title>Release 8.0.19</title>
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<sect1 id="release-7-4-24">
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<title>Release 7.4.24</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.23.
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For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-7-4">.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 7.4.24</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11,
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see the release notes for 7.4.11.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve handling of URLs in <function>headline()</> function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve handling of overlength headlines in <function>headline()</>
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function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent possible Assert failure or misconversion if an encoding
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conversion is created with the wrong conversion function for the
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specified pair of encodings (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Avoid unnecessary locking of small tables in <command>VACUUM</>
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(Heikki)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix uninitialized variables in <filename>contrib/tsearch2</>'s
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<function>get_covers()</> function (Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix bug in <function>to_char()</>'s handling of <literal>TH</>
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format codes (Andreas Scherbaum)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Make all documentation reference <literal>pgsql-bugs</> and/or
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<literal>pgsql-hackers</> as appropriate, instead of the
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now-decommissioned <literal>pgsql-ports</> and <literal>pgsql-patches</>
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mailing lists (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-7-4-23">
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<title>Release 7.4.23</title>
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|
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