diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 73e359f4d3c..0ca053c27d5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -2096,6 +2096,76 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.301 2004/10/08 15:03:25 tgl Exp + + + + + Release 7.4.6 + + + Release date + 2004-10-22 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.5. + + + + + Migration to version 7.4.6 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + + + + + Changes + + +Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk + +Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to +could not access transaction status failures, which qualifies +it as a potential-data-loss bug. + +Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples + +Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched +left-side rows given just the right data distribution. + +Disallow running pg_ctl as root + +This is to guard against any possible security issues. + +Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check + +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. + +Prevent forced backend shutdown from re-emitting prior command +result + +In rare cases, a client might think that its last command had succeeded when +it really had been aborted by forced database shutdown. + +Repair bug in pg_stat_get_backend_idset() + +This could lead to misbehavior in some of the system-statistics views. + +Fix small memory leak in postmaster +Fix expected both swapped tables to have TOAST +tables bug + +This could arise in cases such as CLUSTER after ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN. + +Prevent pg_ctl restart from adding -D multiple times +Fix problem with NULL values in GiST indexes +:: is no longer interpreted as a variable in an +ECPG prepare statement + + @@ -4352,6 +4422,56 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; + + Release 7.3.8 + + + Release date + 2004-10-22 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.7. + + + + + Migration to version 7.3.8 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. + + + + + Changes + + +Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk + +Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to +could not access transaction status failures, which qualifies +it as a potential-data-loss bug. + +Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples + +Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched +left-side rows given just the right data distribution. + +Disallow running pg_ctl as root + +This is to guard against any possible security issues. + +Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check + +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. + + + + + + Release 7.3.7 @@ -5407,6 +5527,56 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe) + + Release 7.2.6 + + + Release date + 2004-10-22 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.5. + + + + + Migration to version 7.2.6 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.2.X. + + + + + Changes + + +Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk + +Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to +could not access transaction status failures, which qualifies +it as a potential-data-loss bug. + +Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples + +Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched +left-side rows given just the right data distribution. + +Disallow running pg_ctl as root + +This is to guard against any possible security issues. + +Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check + +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. + +Update to newer versions of Bison + + + + Release 7.2.5