From: Tom Lane Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:35:52 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update release notes. X-Git-Tag: REL8_0_7~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2d584b5c1be266fca68c5d1a90c20872ada37fe7;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git Update release notes. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 1d7d2cf1f37..5e49bbc5c76 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 mo Migration to version 8.0.7 - A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6, see the release + notes for 8.0.6. @@ -30,23 +32,42 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 mo -Fixes for relation cache management and WAL file creation +Fix potential crash in SET +SESSION AUTHORIZATION (CVE-2006-0553) +An unprivileged user could crash the server process, resulting in +momentary denial of service to other users, if the server has been compiled +with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). +Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. + + +Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted +rows (Tom) +Under rare circumstances a row inserted by the current command +could be seen as already valid, when it should not be. Repairs bug +created in 8.0.4, 7.4.9, and 7.3.11 releases. + + +Fix race condition that could lead to file already +exists errors during pg_clog and pg_subtrans file creation (Tom) +Fix cases that could lead to crashes if a cache-invalidation +message arrives at just the wrong time (Tom) + Properly check DOMAIN constraints for UNKNOWN parameters in prepared statements (Neil) -Change ALTER COLUMN TYPE to drop -FOREIGN KEY constraints before UNIQUE or -PRIMARY KEY constraints (Nakano Yoshihisa) +Ensure ALTER COLUMN TYPE will process +FOREIGN KEY, UNIQUE, and PRIMARY KEY +constraints in the proper order (Nakano Yoshihisa) -Fix CREATE OPERATOR dumps that have -cross-schema definitions (Tom) +Fixes to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema +references to custom operators or operator classes (Tom) -Allow pg_restore to continue after a -COPY failure, rather than treating the remaining statements -as COPY data (Stephen Frost) +Allow pg_restore to continue properly after a +COPY failure; formerly it tried to treat the remaining +COPY data as SQL commands (Stephen Frost) Fix pg_ctl unregister crash when the data directory is not specified (Magnus) @@ -54,24 +75,27 @@ when the data directory is not specified (Magnus) Fix ecpg crash on AMD64 and PPC (Neil) -Fix problem with argument passing with error reporting +Recover properly if error occurs during argument passing in PL/python (Neil) Fix PL/perl's handling of locales on Win32 to match the backend (Andrew) -Fix crash when log_min_messages is set in -postgresql.conf to DEBUG5 on Win32 +Fix crash when log_min_messages is set to +DEBUG3 or above in postgresql.conf on Win32 (Bruce) Fix pgxs -L library path -specification for Win32 and Cygwin (Bruce) +specification for Win32, Cygwin, OS X, AIX (Bruce) Check that SID is enabled while checking for Win32 admin privileges (Magnus) -Portability fix for finite and -isinf (Tom) +Properly reject out-of-range date inputs (Kris +Jurka) + +Portability fix for testing presence of finite +and isinf during configure (Tom) @@ -3038,7 +3062,9 @@ typedefs (Michael) Migration to version 7.4.12 - A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11, see the release + notes for 7.4.11. @@ -3047,21 +3073,34 @@ typedefs (Michael) -Fixes for relation cache management and WAL file creation -(Tom) +Fix potential crash in SET +SESSION AUTHORIZATION (CVE-2006-0553) +An unprivileged user could crash the server process, resulting in +momentary denial of service to other users, if the server has been compiled +with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). +Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. + -Fix rare bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted -rows (Tom) +Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted +rows (Tom) +Under rare circumstances a row inserted by the current command +could be seen as already valid, when it should not be. Repairs bug +created in 7.4.9 and 7.3.11 releases. + + +Fix race condition that could lead to file already +exists errors during pg_clog file creation +(Tom) Properly check DOMAIN constraints for UNKNOWN parameters in prepared statements (Neil) -Fix CREATE OPERATOR dumps that have -cross-schema definitions (Tom) +Fix to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema +references to custom operators (Tom) -Portability fix for finite and -isinf (Tom) +Portability fix for testing presence of finite +and isinf during configure (Tom) @@ -5832,7 +5871,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; Migration to version 7.3.14 - A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release + notes for 7.3.13. @@ -5841,7 +5882,30 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; -PLACE HOLDER +Fix potential crash in SET +SESSION AUTHORIZATION (CVE-2006-0553) +An unprivileged user could crash the server process, resulting in +momentary denial of service to other users, if the server has been compiled +with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). +Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. + + +Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted +rows (Tom) +Under rare circumstances a row inserted by the current command +could be seen as already valid, when it should not be. Repairs bug +created in 7.3.11 release. + + +Fix race condition that could lead to file already +exists errors during pg_clog file creation +(Tom) + +Fix to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema +references to custom operators (Tom) + +Portability fix for testing presence of finite +and isinf during configure (Tom)