From: Tom Lane Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:36:05 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update release notes. X-Git-Tag: REL7_4_12~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8cef661bcfffbc7f672ba9599749794df8fcd52e;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git Update release notes. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 547ff453be3..d3b8bb128ad 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.235.2.40 2006/02/12 18:23: 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. @@ -30,21 +32,34 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.235.2.40 2006/02/12 18:23: -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) @@ -2815,7 +2830,9 @@ 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. @@ -2824,7 +2841,30 @@ 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)