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Add release notes for back branches (7.3 and up).
Also minor improvements to 8.1.1 release notes.
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.411 2005/12/08 23:22:20 momjian Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.412 2005/12/09 20:40:12 tgl Exp $
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<listitem><para>Optimizer fixes (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix incorrect optimizations of outer-join conditions
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<listitem><para>Re-enable <function>to_char(time)</> and
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<function>to_char(interval)</> to use <literal>AM</>/<literal>PM</>
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specifications (Bruce)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix problems with wrong reported column names in cases
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involving sub-selects flattened by the optimizer (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Re-enable <function>to_char(time)</> and
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<function>to_char(interval)</> to use <literal>HH</>, <literal>HH12</>, and
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<literal>D</> format specifiers. (<function>to_char(interval)</> should
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probably use <literal>HH24</>.)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix update failures in scenarios involving CHECK constraints,
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toasted columns, <emphasis>and</> indexes (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bgwriter problem on exit failure
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(Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bgwriter problems after recovering from errors
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(Tom)</para>
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<para>
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The background writer was found to leak buffer pins after write errors.
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While not fatal in itself, this might lead to mysterious blockages of
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later VACUUM commands.
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</para>
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<listitem><para><filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> fixes
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<listitem><para>Prevent failure if client sends Bind protocol message
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when current transaction is already aborted</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> and <filename>/contrib/ltree</>
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fixes (Teodor)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix problem with Win32 translated error messages in
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languages that require word reordering, like Turkish (Andrew,
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<listitem><para>Fix problems with translated error messages in
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languages that require word reordering, such as Turkish; also problems with
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unexpected truncation of output strings and wrong display of the smallest
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possible bigint value (Andrew, Tom)</para>
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<para>
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These problems only appeared on platforms that were using our
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<filename>port/snprintf.c</> code, which includes BSD variants if
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<literal>--enable-nls</> was given, and perhaps others. In addition,
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a different form of the translated-error-message problem could appear
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on Windows depending on which version of <filename>libintl</> was used.
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<listitem><para>Re-allow <literal>AM</>/<literal>PM</>, <literal>HH</>,
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<literal>HH12</>, and <literal>D</> format specifiers for
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<function>to_char(time)</> and <function>to_char(interval)</>.
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(<function>to_char(interval)</> should probably use
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<literal>HH24</>.) (Bruce)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>AIX, HPUX, and MSVC compile fixes (Tom, Hiroshi
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<literal>UTF-8</> byte sequences (Paul Lindner)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Optimizer improvements (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Retry file reads and writes after Windows
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NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES error (Qingqing Zhou)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Prevent <application>autovacuum</> from crashing during
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ANALYZE of expression index (Alvaro)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix problems with ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS temp
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tables</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix problems when a trigger alters the output of a SELECT
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DISTINCT query</para></listitem>
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<literal>UTF-8</> byte sequences (Paul Lindner)</para></listitem>
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<sect1 id="release-8-0-5">
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<title>Release 8.0.5</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2005-12-12</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.4.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to version 8.0.5</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However,
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.3, see the release
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notes for 8.0.3.
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<para>There was a narrow window in which an I/O operation could be initiated
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for the wrong page, leading to an Assert failure or data
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corruption.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bgwriter problems after recovering from errors
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(Tom)</para>
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<para>
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While not fatal in itself, this might lead to mysterious blockages of
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later VACUUM commands.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Prevent failure if client sends Bind protocol message
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when current transaction is already aborted</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><filename>/contrib/ltree</> fixes (Teodor)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>AIX and HPUX compile fixes (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Retry file reads and writes after Windows
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NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES error (Qingqing Zhou)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix intermittent failure when <varname>log_line_prefix</>
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includes <literal>%i</></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <application>psql</> performance issue with long scripts
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on Windows (Merlin Moncure)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix missing updates of <filename>pg_group</> flat
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file</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix longstanding planning error for outer joins</para>
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<para>This bug sometimes caused a bogus error <quote>RIGHT JOIN is
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only supported with merge-joinable join conditions</>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Postpone timezone initialization until after
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<filename>postmaster.pid</> is created</para>
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<para>This avoids confusing startup scripts that expect the pid file to appear
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quickly.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Prevent core dump in <application>pg_autovacuum</> when a
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table has been dropped</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix problems with whole-row references (<literal>foo.*</>)
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to subquery results</para></listitem>
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<sect1 id="release-7-4-10">
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<title>Release 7.4.10</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2005-12-12</simpara>
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release
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for the wrong page, leading to an Assert failure or data
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corruption.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Prevent failure if client sends Bind protocol message
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when current transaction is already aborted</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><filename>/contrib/ltree</> fixes (Teodor)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>AIX and HPUX compile fixes (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix longstanding planning error for outer joins</para>
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<para>This bug sometimes caused a bogus error <quote>RIGHT JOIN is
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only supported with merge-joinable join conditions</>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Prevent core dump in <application>pg_autovacuum</> when a
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release
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for the wrong page, leading to an Assert failure or data
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only supported with merge-joinable join conditions</>.</para></listitem>
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