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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.163.2.28 2006/01/05 15:17:08 momjian Exp $ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.163.2.29 2006/01/06 03:00:46 tgl Exp $
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<appendix id="release"> <appendix id="release">
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release
notes for 7.3.10. notes for 7.3.10.
Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para> </para>
</sect2> </sect2>
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<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider <listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in <para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem> textual columns.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in strpos() and regular expression handling in <listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo) to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt, <listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
which caused it not to use all available salt space for md5 and which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
xdes algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para> XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<para>Salts for blowfish and standard des are unaffected</para></listitem> <para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error <listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem> what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>