+
+
+
+
+
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
+
+
+
+
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
+
+
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