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 <appendix id="release">
  <title>Release Notes</title>
  
+  <sect1 id="release-7-4-9">
+   <title>Release 7.4.9</title>
+
+   <note>
+   <title>Release date</title>
+   <simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
+   </note>
+
+   <para>
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.8.
+   </para>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Migration to version 7.4.9</title>
+
+    <para>
+     A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.  However,
+     if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release
+     notes for 7.4.8.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Fix error that allowed <command>VACUUM</> to remove
+<literal>ctid</> chains too soon, and add more checking in code that follows
+<literal>ctid</> links</para>
+<para>This fixes a long-standing problem that could cause crashes in very rare
+circumstances.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix <type>CHAR()</> to properly pad spaces to the specified
+length when using a multiple-byte character set (Yoshiyuki Asaba)</para>
+<para>In prior releases, the padding of <type>CHAR()</> was incorrect
+because it only padded to the specified number of bytes without
+considering how many characters were stored.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix planning problem with outer-join ON clauses that reference
+only the inner-side relation</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Further fixes for <literal>x FULL JOIN y ON true</> corner
+cases</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Make <function>array_in</> and <function>array_recv</> more
+paranoid about validating their OID parameter</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix missing rows in queries like <literal>UPDATE a=... WHERE
+a...</> with GiST index on column <literal>a</></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Improve robustness of datetime parsing</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Improve checking for partially-written WAL
+pages</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Improve robustness of signal handling when SSL is
+enabled</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Don't try to open more than <literal>max_files_per_process</>
+files during postmaster startup</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various memory leakage fixes</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various portability improvements</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
+the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Update <filename>contrib/tsearch2</> to use current Snowball
+code</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+   </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+ 
   <sect1 id="release-7-4-8">
    <title>Release 7.4.8</title>
 
@@ -723,6 +785,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
 
    <para>
     Major changes in this release:
+   </para>
 
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -986,8 +1049,8 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+
    </variablelist>
-   </para>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -1001,6 +1064,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
    
    <para>
     Observe the following incompatibilities:
+   </para>
 
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
@@ -1139,8 +1203,8 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
       adjacent to operators.
      </para>
     </listitem>
+
    </itemizedlist>
-   </para>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -2568,6 +2632,57 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
   </sect2>
  </sect1>
  
+  <sect1 id="release-7-3-11">
+   <title>Release 7.3.11</title>
+
+   <note>
+   <title>Release date</title>
+   <simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
+   </note>
+
+   <para>
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.10.
+   </para>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Migration to version 7.3.11</title>
+
+    <para>
+     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
+     notes for 7.3.10.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Fix error that allowed <command>VACUUM</> to remove
+<literal>ctid</> chains too soon, and add more checking in code that follows
+<literal>ctid</> links</para>
+<para>This fixes a long-standing problem that could cause crashes in very rare
+circumstances.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix <type>CHAR()</> to properly pad spaces to the specified
+length when using a multiple-byte character set (Yoshiyuki Asaba)</para>
+<para>In prior releases, the padding of <type>CHAR()</> was incorrect
+because it only padded to the specified number of bytes without
+considering how many characters were stored.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix missing rows in queries like <literal>UPDATE a=... WHERE
+a...</> with GiST index on column <literal>a</></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Improve checking for partially-written WAL
+pages</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Improve robustness of signal handling when SSL is
+enabled</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various memory leakage fixes</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various portability improvements</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
+the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+   </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
   <sect1 id="release-7-3-10">
    <title>Release 7.3.10</title>
 
@@ -3230,6 +3345,7 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
 
    <para>
     Major changes in this release:
+   </para>
 
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -3346,7 +3462,6 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
    </variablelist>
-   </para>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -3358,12 +3473,12 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
     application examines the system catalogs, additional changes will
     be required due to the introduction of schemas in 7.3; for more
     information, see: <ulink
-    url="http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3">
+    url="http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3"></>.
-    http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3</>.
    </para>
 
    <para>
     Observe the following incompatibilities:
+   </para>
 
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
@@ -3455,8 +3570,6 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
     </listitem>
 
    </itemizedlist>
-   </para>
-
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -4231,6 +4344,7 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 
    <para>
     Major changes in this release:
+   </para>
 
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -4305,8 +4419,8 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+
    </variablelist>
-   </para>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -4319,6 +4433,7 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 
    <para>
     Observe the following incompatibilities:
+   </para>
 
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
@@ -4368,8 +4483,8 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
       <literal>timestamp 'string'</literal> or <literal>CAST</literal>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
+
    </itemizedlist>
-   </para>
 
    <para>
     The <literal>SELECT ... LIMIT #,#</literal> syntax will be removed
@@ -4905,6 +5020,7 @@ Python fixes (Darcy)
 
    <para>
     Major changes in this release:
+   </para>
 
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -4981,7 +5097,6 @@ Subqueries in FROM are now supported.
     </varlistentry>
 
    </variablelist>
-   </para>
 
    <sect2>
     <title>Migration to version 7.1</title>
@@ -5368,6 +5483,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
 
    <para>
     Major changes in this release:
+   </para>
 
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -5421,9 +5537,9 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
        column correlation names.
       </para>
      </listitem>
+
     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
-   </para>
 
    <sect2>
     <title>Migration to version 7.0</title>
@@ -5441,6 +5557,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
     <para>
      Interface and compatibility issues to consider for the new
      release include:
+    </para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
@@ -5487,8 +5604,6 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
-    </para>
-
    </sect2>
 
    <sect2>
@@ -6976,7 +7091,7 @@ Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
 
    <para>
     There are some general 6.3 issues that I want to mention.  These are
-    only the big items that can not be described in one sentence.  A review
+    only the big items that cannot be described in one sentence.  A review
     of the detailed changes list is still needed.
    </para>
    <para>
@@ -8542,4 +8657,3 @@ sgml-local-catalogs:("/usr/lib/sgml/catalog")
 sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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