Add note that REINDEX takes a weaker lock than it used to.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 0ca053c27d5c96bf9339b3e69d9fdc174c9d9f52..466754b11ffd70b93c3ec39d8922fc9a6b84a22f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -1170,6 +1170,18 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.302 2004/10/22 00:25:18 tgl Exp
      
     
 
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+     
+      REINDEX does not exclusively lock the index's
+      parent table anymore
+     
+     
+      The index itself is still exclusively locked, but readers of the
+      table can continue if they are not using the particular index
+      being rebuilt.
+     
+    
+
     
      
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