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Final updates of release notes for 8.4.1, 8.3.8, 8.2.14, 8.1.18, 8.0.22,

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doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml,v 1.1.4.2 2009/08/27 01:27:11 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml,v 1.1.4.3 2009/09/03 22:14:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-7-4-26">
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<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
you must <command>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.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -31,7 +35,94 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
(See CVE-2007-6600)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
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 <command>REINDEX</> them
after updating.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly round datetime input like
<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
(Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
</para>
</listitem>

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doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml,v 1.1.4.2 2009/08/27 01:27:11 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml,v 1.1.4.3 2009/09/03 22:14:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-0-22">
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X.
However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.0.22.
Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6,
see the release notes for 8.0.6.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -29,6 +33,40 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
(See CVE-2007-6600)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
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 <command>REINDEX</> them
after updating.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
@ -42,14 +80,83 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly round datetime input like
<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
(Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
</para>
</listitem>

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml,v 1.1.4.2 2009/08/27 01:27:11 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml,v 1.1.4.3 2009/09/03 22:14:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-1-18">
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X.
However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.1.18.
Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.15,
see the release notes for 8.1.15.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -29,6 +33,40 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
(See CVE-2007-6600)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
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 <command>REINDEX</> them
after updating.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
@ -42,14 +80,83 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly round datetime input like
<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
(Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
</para>
</listitem>

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doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml,v 1.1.4.2 2009/08/27 01:27:11 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml,v 1.1.4.3 2009/09/03 22:14:18 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-2-14">
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.2.X.
However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.2.14.
Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.2.11,
see the release notes for 8.2.11.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -29,6 +33,84 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Force WAL segment switch during <function>pg_start_backup()</>
(Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This avoids corner cases that could render a base backup unusable.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
(See CVE-2007-6600)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make <command>LOAD</> of an already-loaded loadable module
into a no-op (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Formerly, <command>LOAD</> would attempt to unload and re-load the
module, but this is unsafe and not all that useful.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow empty passwords during LDAP authentication (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix bugs associated with fetching a whole-row value from the
output of a Sort or Materialize plan node (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Revert planner change that disabled partial-index and constraint
exclusion optimizations when there were more than 100 clauses in
an AND or OR list (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
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 <command>REINDEX</> them
after updating.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
@ -42,14 +124,105 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly round datetime input like
<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
(Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid performance degradation in bulk inserts into GIN indexes
when the input values are (nearly) in sorted order (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Correctly enforce NOT NULL domain constraints in some contexts in
PL/pgSQL (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make <filename>contrib/hstore</> throw an error when a key or
value is too long to fit in its data structure, rather than
silently truncating it (Andrew Gierth)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
</para>
</listitem>