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<appendix id="release">
@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 mo
<title>Migration to version 8.0.7</title>
<para>
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.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -30,23 +32,42 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.21 2006/02/12 18:23:46 mo
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fixes for relation cache management and WAL file creation
<listitem><para>Fix potential crash in <command>SET
SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> (CVE-2006-0553)</para>
<para>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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted
rows (Tom)</para>
<para>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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix race condition that could lead to <quote>file already
exists</> errors during pg_clog and pg_subtrans file creation
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix cases that could lead to crashes if a cache-invalidation
message arrives at just the wrong time (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Properly check <literal>DOMAIN</> constraints for
<literal>UNKNOWN</> parameters in prepared statements
(Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Change <command>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</> to drop
<literal>FOREIGN KEY</> constraints before <literal>UNIQUE</> or
<literal>PRIMARY KEY</> constraints (Nakano Yoshihisa)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ensure <command>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</> will process
<literal>FOREIGN KEY</>, <literal>UNIQUE</>, and <literal>PRIMARY KEY</>
constraints in the proper order (Nakano Yoshihisa)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <literal>CREATE OPERATOR</> dumps that have
cross-schema definitions (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fixes to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema
references to custom operators or operator classes (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow <application>pg_restore</> to continue after a
<command>COPY</> failure, rather than treating the remaining statements
as <command>COPY</> data (Stephen Frost)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow <application>pg_restore</> to continue properly after a
<command>COPY</> failure; formerly it tried to treat the remaining
<command>COPY</> data as SQL commands (Stephen Frost)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application>pg_ctl</> <literal>unregister</> crash
when the data directory is not specified (Magnus)</para></listitem>
@ -54,24 +75,27 @@ when the data directory is not specified (Magnus)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application>ecpg</> crash on AMD64 and PPC
(Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix problem with argument passing with error reporting
<listitem><para>Recover properly if error occurs during argument passing
in <application>PL/python</> (Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application>PL/perl</>'s handling of locales on
Win32 to match the backend (Andrew)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix crash when <literal>log_min_messages</> is set in
<literal>postgresql.conf</> to <literal>DEBUG5</> on Win32
<listitem><para>Fix crash when <literal>log_min_messages</> is set to
<literal>DEBUG3</> or above in <filename>postgresql.conf</> on Win32
(Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application>pgxs</> <literal>-L</> library path
specification for Win32 and Cygwin (Bruce)</para></listitem>
specification for Win32, Cygwin, OS X, AIX (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Check that SID is enabled while checking for Win32 admin
privileges (Magnus)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portability fix for <function>finite</> and
<function>isinf</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Properly reject out-of-range date inputs (Kris
Jurka)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portability fix for testing presence of <function>finite</>
and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -3038,7 +3062,9 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<title>Migration to version 7.4.12</title>
<para>
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.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -3047,21 +3073,34 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fixes for relation cache management and WAL file creation
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix potential crash in <command>SET
SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> (CVE-2006-0553)</para>
<para>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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix rare bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted
rows (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted
rows (Tom)</para>
<para>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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix race condition that could lead to <quote>file already
exists</> errors during pg_clog file creation
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Properly check <literal>DOMAIN</> constraints for
<literal>UNKNOWN</> parameters in prepared statements
(Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <literal>CREATE OPERATOR</> dumps that have
cross-schema definitions (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema
references to custom operators (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portability fix for <function>finite</> and
<function>isinf</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portability fix for testing presence of <function>finite</>
and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -5832,7 +5871,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<title>Migration to version 7.3.14</title>
<para>
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.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -5841,7 +5882,30 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>PLACE HOLDER</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix potential crash in <command>SET
SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> (CVE-2006-0553)</para>
<para>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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug with row visibility logic in self-inserted
rows (Tom)</para>
<para>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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix race condition that could lead to <quote>file already
exists</> errors during pg_clog file creation
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix to allow restoring dumps that have cross-schema
references to custom operators (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portability fix for testing presence of <function>finite</>
and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>