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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2010-09-30 14:28:05 -0400 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2010-09-30 14:28:05 -0400 |
commit | 1bab34309db6e59b174cea0fc2d47cc79870b52d (patch) | |
tree | 6fb2fb29adc2314434d296e5f8f1fa29281f9e1c | |
parent | 42c387166d4cd3e7151c88692a157bfe9a621a4d (diff) | |
download | postgresql-1bab34309db6e59b174cea0fc2d47cc79870b52d.tar.gz |
Update release notes for releases 9.0.1, 8.4.5, 8.3.12, 8.2.18, 8.1.22,
8.0.26, and 7.4.30.
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1 files changed, 99 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml index d33197d025..2c52be7006 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,103 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml,v 1.1.10.7 2010/05/13 21:27:44 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-30"> + <title>Release 7.4.30</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.29. + For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-7-4">. + </para> + + <para> + This is expected to be the last <productname>PostgreSQL</> release + in the 7.4.X series. Users are encouraged to update to a newer + release branch soon. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 7.4.30</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.26, + see the release notes for 7.4.26. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Prevent possible crashes in <function>pg_get_expr()</> by disallowing + it from being called with an argument that is not one of the system + catalog columns it's intended to be used with + (Heikki Linnakangas, Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>cannot handle unplanned sub-select</quote> error (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This occurred when a sub-select contains a join alias reference that + expands into an expression containing another sub-select. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Take care to fsync the contents of lockfiles (both + <filename>postmaster.pid</> and the socket lockfile) while writing them + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This omission could result in corrupted lockfile contents if the + machine crashes shortly after postmaster start. That could in turn + prevent subsequent attempts to start the postmaster from succeeding, + until the lockfile is manually removed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve <filename>contrib/dblink</>'s handling of tables containing + dropped columns (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix connection leak after <quote>duplicate connection name</quote> + errors in <filename>contrib/dblink</> (Itagaki Takahiro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update build infrastructure and documentation to reflect the source code + repository's move from CVS to Git (Magnus Hagander and others) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-29"> <title>Release 7.4.29</title> @@ -1897,7 +1994,7 @@ enabled</para></listitem> 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 +<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> |