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| 4 | + <sect1 id="release-8-0-26"> |
| 5 | + <title>Release 8.0.26</title> |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | + <note> |
| 8 | + <title>Release date</title> |
| 9 | + <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara> |
| 10 | + </note> |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | + <para> |
| 13 | + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.25. |
| 14 | + For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see |
| 15 | + <xref linkend="release-8-0">. |
| 16 | + </para> |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + <para> |
| 19 | + This is expected to be the last <productname>PostgreSQL</> release |
| 20 | + in the 8.0.X series. Users are encouraged to update to a newer |
| 21 | + release branch soon. |
| 22 | + </para> |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | + <sect2> |
| 25 | + <title>Migration to Version 8.0.26</title> |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | + <para> |
| 28 | + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. |
| 29 | + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.22, |
| 30 | + see the release notes for 8.0.22. |
| 31 | + </para> |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + </sect2> |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + <sect2> |
| 36 | + <title>Changes</title> |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + <itemizedlist> |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + <listitem> |
| 41 | + <para> |
| 42 | + Prevent possible crashes in <function>pg_get_expr()</> by disallowing |
| 43 | + it from being called with an argument that is not one of the system |
| 44 | + catalog columns it's intended to be used with |
| 45 | + (Heikki Linnakangas, Tom Lane) |
| 46 | + </para> |
| 47 | + </listitem> |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | + <listitem> |
| 50 | + <para> |
| 51 | + Fix <quote>cannot handle unplanned sub-select</quote> error (Tom Lane) |
| 52 | + </para> |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + <para> |
| 55 | + This occurred when a sub-select contains a join alias reference that |
| 56 | + expands into an expression containing another sub-select. |
| 57 | + </para> |
| 58 | + </listitem> |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + <listitem> |
| 61 | + <para> |
| 62 | + Defend against functions returning setof record where not all the |
| 63 | + returned rows are actually of the same rowtype (Tom Lane) |
| 64 | + </para> |
| 65 | + </listitem> |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + <listitem> |
| 68 | + <para> |
| 69 | + Take care to fsync the contents of lockfiles (both |
| 70 | + <filename>postmaster.pid</> and the socket lockfile) while writing them |
| 71 | + (Tom Lane) |
| 72 | + </para> |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + <para> |
| 75 | + This omission could result in corrupted lockfile contents if the |
| 76 | + machine crashes shortly after postmaster start. That could in turn |
| 77 | + prevent subsequent attempts to start the postmaster from succeeding, |
| 78 | + until the lockfile is manually removed. |
| 79 | + </para> |
| 80 | + </listitem> |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | + <listitem> |
| 83 | + <para> |
| 84 | + Avoid recursion while assigning XIDs to heavily-nested |
| 85 | + subtransactions (Andres Freund, Robert Haas) |
| 86 | + </para> |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | + <para> |
| 89 | + The original coding could result in a crash if there was limited |
| 90 | + stack space. |
| 91 | + </para> |
| 92 | + </listitem> |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + <listitem> |
| 95 | + <para> |
| 96 | + Fix <varname>log_line_prefix</>'s <literal>%i</> escape, |
| 97 | + which could produce junk early in backend startup (Tom Lane) |
| 98 | + </para> |
| 99 | + </listitem> |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | + <listitem> |
| 102 | + <para> |
| 103 | + Fix possible data corruption in <command>ALTER TABLE ... SET |
| 104 | + TABLESPACE</> when archiving is enabled (Jeff Davis) |
| 105 | + </para> |
| 106 | + </listitem> |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + <listitem> |
| 109 | + <para> |
| 110 | + Allow <command>CREATE DATABASE</> and <command>ALTER DATABASE ... SET |
| 111 | + TABLESPACE</> to be interrupted by query-cancel (Guillaume Lelarge) |
| 112 | + </para> |
| 113 | + </listitem> |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | + <listitem> |
| 116 | + <para> |
| 117 | + In PL/Python, defend against null pointer results from |
| 118 | + <function>PyCObject_AsVoidPtr</> and <function>PyCObject_FromVoidPtr</> |
| 119 | + (Pete
F42D
r Eisentraut) |
| 120 | + </para> |
| 121 | + </listitem> |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | + <listitem> |
| 124 | + <para> |
| 125 | + Improve <filename>contrib/dblink</>'s handling of tables containing |
| 126 | + dropped columns (Tom Lane) |
| 127 | + </para> |
| 128 | + </listitem> |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | + <listitem> |
| 131 | + <para> |
| 132 | + Fix connection leak after <quote>duplicate connection name</quote> |
| 133 | + errors in <filename>contrib/dblink</> (Itagaki Takahiro) |
| 134 | + </para> |
| 135 | + </listitem> |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | + <listitem> |
| 138 | + <para> |
| 139 | + Fix <filename>contrib/dblink</> to handle connection names longer than |
| 140 | + 62 bytes correctly (Itagaki Takahiro) |
| 141 | + </para> |
| 142 | + </listitem> |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | + <listitem> |
| 145 | + <para> |
| 146 | + Update build infrastructure and documentation to reflect the source code |
| 147 | + repository's move from CVS to Git (Magnus Hagander and others) |
| 148 | + </para> |
| 149 | + </listitem> |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | + <listitem> |
| 152 | + <para> |
| 153 | + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2010l |
| 154 | + for DST law changes in Egypt and Palestine; also historical corrections |
| 155 | + for Finland. |
| 156 | + </para> |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | + <para> |
| 159 | + This change also adds new names for two Micronesian timezones: |
| 160 | + Pacific/Chuuk is now preferred over Pacific/Truk (and the preferred |
| 161 | + abbreviation is CHUT not TRUT) and Pacific/Pohnpei is preferred over |
| 162 | + Pacific/Ponape. |
| 163 | + </para> |
| 164 | + </listitem> |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | + </itemizedlist> |
| 167 | + |
| 168 | + </sect2> |
| 169 | + </sect1> |
| 170 | + |
4 | 171 | <sect1 id="release-8-0-25"> |
5 | 172 | <title>Release 8.0.25</title> |
6 | 173 |
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2512 | 2679 | constraints more reliably</para></listitem> |
2513 | 2680 | <listitem><para>Fix password prompting in <application>pg_restore</> on |
2514 | 2681 | Windows</para></listitem> |
2515 | | -<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when |
| 2682 | +<listitem><para>Fix PL/pgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when |
2516 | 2683 | the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem> |
2517 | 2684 | <listitem><para>Fix PL/Perl <literal>%_SHARED</> so it's actually |
2518 | 2685 | shared</para></listitem> |
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