From fded76698ee89322e93ae66bdf5cee7e0b64aa4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 17:26:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Release notes for 9.5.3, 9.4.8, 9.3.13, 9.2.17, 9.1.22. --- doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml | 196 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 361 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml index 09811c1a4f1..cf87c520d6c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,171 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-1-22"> + <title>Release 9.1.22</title> + + <note> + <title>Release Date</title> + <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.21. + For information about new features in the 9.1 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-1">. + </para> + + <para> + The <productname>PostgreSQL</> community will stop releasing updates + for the 9.1.X release series in September 2016. + Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.1.22</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.1.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.1.16, + see <xref linkend="release-9-1-16">. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than + assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>failed to build any <replaceable>N</>-way joins</quote> + planner error with a full join enclosed in the right-hand side of a + left join (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible misbehavior of <literal>TH</>, <literal>th</>, + and <literal>Y,YYY</> format codes in <function>to_timestamp()</> + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These could advance off the end of the input string, causing subsequent + format codes to read garbage. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix dumping of rules and views in which the <replaceable>array</> + argument of a <literal><replaceable>value</> <replaceable>operator</> + ANY (<replaceable>array</>)</literal> construct is a sub-SELECT + (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make <application>pg_regress</> use a startup timeout from the + <envar>PGCTLTIMEOUT</> environment variable, if that's set (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This is for consistency with a behavior recently added + to <application>pg_ctl</>; it eases automated testing on slow machines. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to correctly restore extension + membership for operator families containing only one operator class + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + In such a case, the operator family was restored into the new database, + but it was no longer marked as part of the extension. This had no + immediate ill effects, but would cause later <application>pg_dump</> + runs to emit output that would cause (harmless) errors on restore. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library + function (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix reporting of errors from <function>bind()</> + and <function>listen()</> system calls on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' <function>FormatMessage()</> + function (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + + <para> + Use the <literal>FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS</> flag where + appropriate. No live bug is known to exist here, but it seems like a + good idea to be careful. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2016d + for DST law changes in Russia and Venezuela. There are new zone + names <literal>Europe/Kirov</> and <literal>Asia/Tomsk</> to reflect + the fact that these regions now have different time zone histories from + adjacent regions. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-1-21"> <title>Release 9.1.21</title> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml index 95a7f23cc38..cde1c4e7c75 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,202 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-2-17"> + <title>Release 9.2.17</title> + + <note> + <title>Release Date</title> + <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.16. + For information about new features in the 9.2 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-2">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.2.17</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.2.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.2.11, + see <xref linkend="release-9-2-11">. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than + assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>failed to build any <replaceable>N</>-way joins</quote> + planner error with a full join enclosed in the right-hand side of a + left join (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect handling of equivalence-class tests in multilevel + nestloop plans (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + Given a three-or-more-way equivalence class of variables, such + as <literal>X.X = Y.Y = Z.Z</>, it was possible for the planner to omit + some of the tests needed to enforce that all the variables are actually + equal, leading to join rows being output that didn't satisfy + the <literal>WHERE</> clauses. For various reasons, erroneous plans + were seldom selected in practice, so that this bug has gone undetected + for a long time. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible misbehavior of <literal>TH</>, <literal>th</>, + and <literal>Y,YYY</> format codes in <function>to_timestamp()</> + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These could advance off the end of the input string, causing subsequent + format codes to read garbage. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix dumping of rules and views in which the <replaceable>array</> + argument of a <literal><replaceable>value</> <replaceable>operator</> + ANY (<replaceable>array</>)</literal> construct is a sub-SELECT + (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make <application>pg_regress</> use a startup timeout from the + <envar>PGCTLTIMEOUT</> environment variable, if that's set (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This is for consistency with a behavior recently added + to <application>pg_ctl</>; it eases automated testing on slow machines. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to correctly restore extension + membership for operator families containing only one operator class + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + In such a case, the operator family was restored into the new database, + but it was no longer marked as part of the extension. This had no + immediate ill effects, but would cause later <application>pg_dump</> + runs to emit output that would cause (harmless) errors on restore. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Back-port 9.4-era memory-barrier code changes into 9.2 and 9.3 (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These changes were not originally needed in pre-9.4 branches, but we + recently back-patched a fix that expected the barrier code to work + properly. Only IA64 (when using icc), HPPA, and Alpha platforms are + affected. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce the number of SysV semaphores used by a build configured with + <option>--disable-spinlocks</> (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library + function (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix reporting of errors from <function>bind()</> + and <function>listen()</> system calls on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' <function>FormatMessage()</> + function (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + + <para> + Use the <literal>FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS</> flag where + appropriate. No live bug is known to exist here, but it seems like a + good idea to be careful. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2016d + for DST law changes in Russia and Venezuela. There are new zone + names <literal>Europe/Kirov</> and <literal>Asia/Tomsk</> to reflect + the fact that these regions now have different time zone histories from + adjacent regions. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-2-16"> <title>Release 9.2.16</title> -- GitLab