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<sect1 id="release-8-4-16"> |
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<title>Release 8.4.16</title> |
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<note> |
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<title>Release Date</title> |
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<simpara>2013-02-07</simpara> |
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</note> |
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<para> |
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.15. |
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For information about new features in the 8.4 major release, see |
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<xref linkend="release-8-4">. |
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</para> |
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<sect2> |
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<title>Migration to Version 8.4.16</title> |
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<para> |
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.4.X. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.4.10, |
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see the release notes for 8.4.10. |
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</para> |
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</sect2> |
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<sect2> |
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<title>Changes</title> |
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<itemizedlist> |
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<para> |
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Update minimum recovery point when truncating a relation file (Heikki |
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Linnakangas) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Once data has been discarded, it's no longer safe to stop recovery at |
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an earlier point in the timeline. |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<para> |
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Fix SQL grammar to allow subscripting or field selection from a |
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sub-SELECT result (Tom Lane) |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<para> |
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Protect against race conditions when scanning |
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<structname>pg_tablespace</> (Stephen Frost, Tom Lane) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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<command>CREATE DATABASE</> and <command>DROP DATABASE</> could |
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misbehave if there were concurrent updates of |
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<structname>pg_tablespace</> entries. |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<para> |
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Prevent <command>DROP OWNED</> from trying to drop whole databases or |
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tablespaces (Álvaro Herrera) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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For safety, ownership of these objects must be reassigned, not dropped. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Fix error in <link |
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linkend="guc-vacuum-freeze-table-age"><varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</></link> |
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implementation (Andres Freund) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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The main consequence of this mistake is that lowering <link |
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linkend="guc-vacuum-freeze-min-age"><varname>vacuum_freeze_min_age</></link> |
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would cause full-table vacuuming scans to occur much more frequently |
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than intended. |
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</para> |
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Prevent misbehavior when a <symbol>RowExpr</> or <symbol>XmlExpr</> |
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is parse-analyzed twice (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This mistake could be user-visible in contexts such as |
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<literal>CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES</>. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Improve defenses against integer overflow in hashtable sizing |
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calculations (Jeff Davis) |
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</para> |
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Reject out-of-range dates in <function>to_date()</> (Hitoshi Harada) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Ensure that non-ASCII prompt strings are translated to the correct |
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code page on Windows (Alexander Law, Noah Misch) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This bug affected <application>psql</> and some other client programs. |
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<para> |
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Fix possible crash in <application>psql</>'s <command>\?</> command |
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when not connected to a database (Meng Qingzhong) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Fix one-byte buffer overrun in <application>libpq</>'s |
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<function>PQprintTuples</> (Xi Wang) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This ancient function is not used anywhere by |
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> itself, but it might still be used by some |
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client code. |
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Make <application>ecpglib</> use translated messages properly |
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(Chen Huajun) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Properly install <application>ecpg_compat</> and |
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<application>pgtypes</> libraries on MSVC (Jiang Guiqing) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Rearrange configure's tests for supplied functions so it is not |
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fooled by bogus exports from libedit/libreadline (Christoph Berg) |
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</para> |
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Ensure Windows build number increases over time (Magnus Hagander) |
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<para> |
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Make <application>pgxs</> build executables with the right |
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<literal>.exe</> suffix when cross-compiling for Windows |
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(Zoltan Boszormenyi) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Add new timezone abbreviation <literal>FET</> (Tom Lane) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This is now used in some eastern-European time zones. |
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<title>Release 8.4.15</title> |
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Tom Lane
13 years ago