From: Tom Lane Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:59:02 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Preliminary release notes for releases 8.4.3, 8.3.10, 8.2.16, 8.1.20, 8.0.24, X-Git-Tag: REL8_1_20~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6bef1156a38b5512b3c9ca84a90e9797e2a7298;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git Preliminary release notes for releases 8.4.3, 8.3.10, 8.2.16, 8.1.20, 8.0.24, 7.4.28. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml index 17758234030..4ee97043bcd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,125 @@ - + + + Release 7.4.28 + + + Release date + 2010-03-15 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.27. + For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see + . + + + + The PostgreSQL community will stop releasing updates + for the 7.4.X release series in July 2010. + Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon. + + + + Migration to Version 7.4.28 + + + 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. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Add new configuration parameter ssl_renegotiation_limit to + control how often we do session key renegotiation for an SSL connection + (Magnus) + + + + This can be set to zero to disable renegotiation completely, which may + be required if a broken SSL library is used. In particular, some + vendors are shipping stopgap patches for CVE-2009-3555 that cause + renegotiation attempts to fail. + + + + + + Make substring() for bit types treat any negative + length as meaning all the rest of the string (Tom) + + + + The previous coding treated only -1 that way, and would produce an + invalid result value for other negative values, possibly leading to + a crash (CVE-2010-0442). + + + + + + Fix some cases of pathologically slow regular expression matching (Tom) + + + + + + When reading pg_hba.conf and related files, do not treat + @something as a file inclusion request if the @ + appears inside quote marks; also, never treat @ by itself + as a file inclusion request (Tom) + + + + This prevents erratic behavior if a role or database name starts with + @. If you need to include a file whose path name + contains spaces, you can still do so, but you must write + @"/path to/file" rather than putting the quotes around + the whole construct. + + + + + + Prevent infinite loop on some platforms if a directory is named as + an inclusion target in pg_hba.conf and related files + (Tom) + + + + + + Ensure PL/Tcl initializes the Tcl interpreter fully (Tom) + + + + The only known symptom of this oversight is that the Tcl + clock command misbehaves if using Tcl 8.5 or later. + + + + + + Prevent crash in contrib/dblink when too many key + columns are specified to a dblink_build_sql_* function + (Rushabh Lathia, Joe Conway) + + + + + + + + Release 7.4.27 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml index de2468f9cea..f3bf01780c5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,183 @@ - + + + Release 8.0.24 + + + Release date + 2010-03-15 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.23. + For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see + . + + + + The PostgreSQL community will stop releasing updates + for the 8.0.X release series in July 2010. + Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon. + + + + Migration to Version 8.0.24 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.22, + see the release notes for 8.0.22. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Add new configuration parameter ssl_renegotiation_limit to + control how often we do session key renegotiation for an SSL connection + (Magnus) + + + + This can be set to zero to disable renegotiation completely, which may + be required if a broken SSL library is used. In particular, some + vendors are shipping stopgap patches for CVE-2009-3555 that cause + renegotiation attempts to fail. + + + + + + Fix possible crashes when trying to recover from a failure in + subtransaction start (Tom) + + + + + + Fix server memory leak associated with use of savepoints and a client + encoding different from server's encoding (Tom) + + + + + + Make substring() for bit types treat any negative + length as meaning all the rest of the string (Tom) + + + + The previous coding treated only -1 that way, and would produce an + invalid result value for other negative values, possibly leading to + a crash (CVE-2010-0442). + + + + + + Fix integer-to-bit-string conversions to handle the first fractional + byte correctly when the output bit width is wider than the given + integer by something other than a multiple of 8 bits (Tom) + + + + + + Fix some cases of pathologically slow regular expression matching (Tom) + + + + + + Fix the STOP WAL LOCATION entry in backup history files to + report the next WAL segment's name when the end location is exactly at a + segment boundary (Itagaki Takahiro) + + + + + + When reading pg_hba.conf and related files, do not treat + @something as a file inclusion request if the @ + appears inside quote marks; also, never treat @ by itself + as a file inclusion request (Tom) + + + + This prevents erratic behavior if a role or database name starts with + @. If you need to include a file whose path name + contains spaces, you can still do so, but you must write + @"/path to/file" rather than putting the quotes around + the whole construct. + + + + + + Prevent infinite loop on some platforms if a directory is named as + an inclusion target in pg_hba.conf and related files + (Tom) + + + + + + Fix plpgsql failure in one case where a composite column is set to NULL + (Tom) + + + + + + Add volatile markings in PL/Python to avoid possible + compiler-specific misbehavior (Zdenek Kotala) + + + + + + Ensure PL/Tcl initializes the Tcl interpreter fully (Tom) + + + + The only known symptom of this oversight is that the Tcl + clock command misbehaves if using Tcl 8.5 or later. + + + + + + Prevent crash in contrib/dblink when too many key + columns are specified to a dblink_build_sql_* function + (Rushabh Lathia, Joe Conway) + + + + + + Fix assorted crashes in contrib/xml2 caused by sloppy + memory management (Tom) + + + + + + Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2010e + for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Chile, Fiji, Mexico, Paraguay, Samoa. + + + + + + + + Release 8.0.23 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml index d332626aa77..dfe99806316 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,196 @@ - + + + Release 8.1.20 + + + Release date + 2010-03-15 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.19. + For information about new features in the 8.1 major release, see + . + + + + Migration to Version 8.1.20 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.18, + see the release notes for 8.1.18. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Add new configuration parameter ssl_renegotiation_limit to + control how often we do session key renegotiation for an SSL connection + (Magnus) + + + + This can be set to zero to disable renegotiation completely, which may + be required if a broken SSL library is used. In particular, some + vendors are shipping stopgap patches for CVE-2009-3555 that cause + renegotiation attempts to fail. + + + + + + Fix possible crashes when trying to recover from a failure in + subtransaction start (Tom) + + + + + + Fix server memory leak associated with use of savepoints and a client + encoding different from server's encoding (Tom) + + + + + + Make substring() for bit types treat any negative + length as meaning all the rest of the string (Tom) + + + + The previous coding treated only -1 that way, and would produce an + invalid result value for other negative values, possibly leading to + a crash (CVE-2010-0442). + + + + + + Fix integer-to-bit-string conversions to handle the first fractional + byte correctly when the output bit width is wider than the given + integer by something other than a multiple of 8 bits (Tom) + + + + + + Fix some cases of pathologically slow regular expression matching (Tom) + + + + + + Fix the STOP WAL LOCATION entry in backup history files to + report the next WAL segment's name when the end location is exactly at a + segment boundary (Itagaki Takahiro) + + + + + + Fix some more cases of temporary-file leakage (Heikki) + + + + This corrects a problem introduced in the previous minor release. + One case that failed is when a plpgsql function returning set is + called within another function's exception handler. + + + + + + When reading pg_hba.conf and related files, do not treat + @something as a file inclusion request if the @ + appears inside quote marks; also, never treat @ by itself + as a file inclusion request (Tom) + + + + This prevents erratic behavior if a role or database name starts with + @. If you need to include a file whose path name + contains spaces, you can still do so, but you must write + @"/path to/file" rather than putting the quotes around + the whole construct. + + + + + + Prevent infinite loop on some platforms if a directory is named as + an inclusion target in pg_hba.conf and related files + (Tom) + + + + + + Fix psql's numericlocale option to not + format strings it shouldn't in latex and troff output formats (Heikki) + + + + + + Fix plpgsql failure in one case where a composite column is set to NULL + (Tom) + + + + + + Add volatile markings in PL/Python to avoid possible + compiler-specific misbehavior (Zdenek Kotala) + + + + + + Ensure PL/Tcl initializes the Tcl interpreter fully (Tom) + + + + The only known symptom of this oversight is that the Tcl + clock command misbehaves if using Tcl 8.5 or later. + + + + + + Prevent crash in contrib/dblink when too many key + columns are specified to a dblink_build_sql_* function + (Rushabh Lathia, Joe Conway) + + + + + + Fix assorted crashes in contrib/xml2 caused by sloppy + memory management (Tom) + + + + + + Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2010e + for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Chile, Fiji, Mexico, Paraguay, Samoa. + + + + + + + + Release 8.1.19