<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
+ <sect1 id="release-9-2-23">
+ <title>Release 9.2.23</title>
+
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Release date:</title>
+ <para>2017-08-31</para>
+ </formalpara>
+
+ <para>
+ This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.2.22.
+ For information about new features in the 9.2 major release, see
+ <xref linkend="release-9-2">.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <productname>PostgreSQL</> community will stop releasing updates
+ for the 9.2.X release series in September 2017.
+ Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Migration to Version 9.2.23</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 9.2.22,
+ see <xref linkend="release-9-2-22">.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Changes</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show foreign tables
+ in <structname>information_schema</>.<structname>table_privileges</>
+ view (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All other relevant <structname>information_schema</> views include
+ foreign tables, but this one ignored them.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Since this view definition is installed by <application>initdb</>,
+ merely upgrading will not fix the problem. If you need to fix this
+ in an existing installation, you can, as a superuser, do this
+ in <application>psql</>:
+<programlisting>
+BEGIN;
+DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
+\i <replaceable>SHAREDIR</>/information_schema.sql
+COMMIT;
+</programlisting>
+ (Run <literal>pg_config --sharedir</> if you're uncertain
+ where <replaceable>SHAREDIR</> is.) This must be repeated in each
+ database to be fixed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Clean up handling of a fatal exit (e.g., due to receipt
+ of <systemitem>SIGTERM</>) that occurs while trying to execute
+ a <command>ROLLBACK</> of a failed transaction (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This situation could result in an assertion failure. In production
+ builds, the exit would still occur, but it would log an unexpected
+ message about <quote>cannot drop active portal</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Remove assertion that could trigger during a fatal exit (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type over
+ a composite type or domain type being searched for (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Certain <command>ALTER</> commands that change the definition of a
+ composite type or domain type are supposed to fail if there are any
+ stored values of that type in the database, because they lack the
+ infrastructure needed to update or check such values. Previously,
+ these checks could miss relevant values that are wrapped inside range
+ types or sub-domains, possibly allowing the database to become
+ inconsistent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change <application>ecpg</>'s parser to allow <literal>RETURNING</>
+ clauses without attached C variables (Michael Meskes)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows <application>ecpg</> programs to contain SQL constructs
+ that use <literal>RETURNING</> internally (for example, inside a CTE)
+ rather than using it to define values to be returned to the client.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This fix avoids possible crashes of PL/Perl due to inconsistent
+ assumptions about the width of <type>time_t</> values.
+ A side-effect that may be visible to extension developers is
+ that <literal>_USE_32BIT_TIME_T</> is no longer defined globally
+ in <productname>PostgreSQL</> Windows builds. This is not expected
+ to cause problems, because type <type>time_t</> is not used
+ in any <productname>PostgreSQL</> API definitions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="release-9-2-22">
<title>Release 9.2.22</title>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
+ <sect1 id="release-9-3-19">
+ <title>Release 9.3.19</title>
+
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Release date:</title>
+ <para>2017-08-31</para>
+ </formalpara>
+
+ <para>
+ This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.3.18.
+ For information about new features in the 9.3 major release, see
+ <xref linkend="release-9-3">.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Migration to Version 9.3.19</title>
+
+ <para>
+ A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.3.X.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.3.18,
+ see <xref linkend="release-9-3-18">.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Changes</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show foreign tables
+ in <structname>information_schema</>.<structname>table_privileges</>
+ view (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All other relevant <structname>information_schema</> views include
+ foreign tables, but this one ignored them.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Since this view definition is installed by <application>initdb</>,
+ merely upgrading will not fix the problem. If you need to fix this
+ in an existing installation, you can, as a superuser, do this
+ in <application>psql</>:
+<programlisting>
+BEGIN;
+DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
+\i <replaceable>SHAREDIR</>/information_schema.sql
+COMMIT;
+</programlisting>
+ (Run <literal>pg_config --sharedir</> if you're uncertain
+ where <replaceable>SHAREDIR</> is.) This must be repeated in each
+ database to be fixed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Clean up handling of a fatal exit (e.g., due to receipt
+ of <systemitem>SIGTERM</>) that occurs while trying to execute
+ a <command>ROLLBACK</> of a failed transaction (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This situation could result in an assertion failure. In production
+ builds, the exit would still occur, but it would log an unexpected
+ message about <quote>cannot drop active portal</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Remove assertion that could trigger during a fatal exit (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type over
+ a composite type or domain type being searched for (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Certain <command>ALTER</> commands that change the definition of a
+ composite type or domain type are supposed to fail if there are any
+ stored values of that type in the database, because they lack the
+ infrastructure needed to update or check such values. Previously,
+ these checks could miss relevant values that are wrapped inside range
+ types or sub-domains, possibly allowing the database to become
+ inconsistent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix crash in <application>pg_restore</> when using parallel mode and
+ using a list file to select a subset of items to restore (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change <application>ecpg</>'s parser to allow <literal>RETURNING</>
+ clauses without attached C variables (Michael Meskes)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows <application>ecpg</> programs to contain SQL constructs
+ that use <literal>RETURNING</> internally (for example, inside a CTE)
+ rather than using it to define values to be returned to the client.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This fix avoids possible crashes of PL/Perl due to inconsistent
+ assumptions about the width of <type>time_t</> values.
+ A side-effect that may be visible to extension developers is
+ that <literal>_USE_32BIT_TIME_T</> is no longer defined globally
+ in <productname>PostgreSQL</> Windows builds. This is not expected
+ to cause problems, because type <type>time_t</> is not used
+ in any <productname>PostgreSQL</> API definitions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="release-9-3-18">
<title>Release 9.3.18</title>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
+ <sect1 id="release-9-4-14">
+ <title>Release 9.4.14</title>
+
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Release date:</title>
+ <para>2017-08-31</para>
+ </formalpara>
+
+ <para>
+ This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.4.13.
+ For information about new features in the 9.4 major release, see
+ <xref linkend="release-9-4">.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Migration to Version 9.4.14</title>
+
+ <para>
+ A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.4.X.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.4.13,
+ see <xref linkend="release-9-4-13">.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Changes</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+<!--
+Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [b51c8efc6] 2017-08-24 15:21:32 -0700
+-->
+ <para>
+ Fix failure of walsender processes to respond to shutdown signals
+ (Marco Nenciarini)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ A missed flag update resulted in walsenders continuing to run as long
+ as they had a standby server connected, preventing primary-server
+ shutdown unless immediate shutdown mode is used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show foreign tables
+ in <structname>information_schema</>.<structname>table_privileges</>
+ view (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All other relevant <structname>information_schema</> views include
+ foreign tables, but this one ignored them.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Since this view definition is installed by <application>initdb</>,
+ merely upgrading will not fix the problem. If you need to fix this
+ in an existing installation, you can, as a superuser, do this
+ in <application>psql</>:
+<programlisting>
+BEGIN;
+DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
+\i <replaceable>SHAREDIR</>/information_schema.sql
+COMMIT;
+</programlisting>
+ (Run <literal>pg_config --sharedir</> if you're uncertain
+ where <replaceable>SHAREDIR</> is.) This must be repeated in each
+ database to be fixed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Clean up handling of a fatal exit (e.g., due to receipt
+ of <systemitem>SIGTERM</>) that occurs while trying to execute
+ a <command>ROLLBACK</> of a failed transaction (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This situation could result in an assertion failure. In production
+ builds, the exit would still occur, but it would log an unexpected
+ message about <quote>cannot drop active portal</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Remove assertion that could trigger during a fatal exit (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type over
+ a composite type or domain type being searched for (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Certain <command>ALTER</> commands that change the definition of a
+ composite type or domain type are supposed to fail if there are any
+ stored values of that type in the database, because they lack the
+ infrastructure needed to update or check such values. Previously,
+ these checks could miss relevant values that are wrapped inside range
+ types or sub-domains, possibly allowing the database to become
+ inconsistent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix crash in <application>pg_restore</> when using parallel mode and
+ using a list file to select a subset of items to restore (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change <application>ecpg</>'s parser to allow <literal>RETURNING</>
+ clauses without attached C variables (Michael Meskes)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows <application>ecpg</> programs to contain SQL constructs
+ that use <literal>RETURNING</> internally (for example, inside a CTE)
+ rather than using it to define values to be returned to the client.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This fix avoids possible crashes of PL/Perl due to inconsistent
+ assumptions about the width of <type>time_t</> values.
+ A side-effect that may be visible to extension developers is
+ that <literal>_USE_32BIT_TIME_T</> is no longer defined globally
+ in <productname>PostgreSQL</> Windows builds. This is not expected
+ to cause problems, because type <type>time_t</> is not used
+ in any <productname>PostgreSQL</> API definitions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="release-9-4-13">
<title>Release 9.4.13</title>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
+ <sect1 id="release-9-5-9">
+ <title>Release 9.5.9</title>
+
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Release date:</title>
+ <para>2017-08-31</para>
+ </formalpara>
+
+ <para>
+ This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.5.8.
+ For information about new features in the 9.5 major release, see
+ <xref linkend="release-9-5">.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Migration to Version 9.5.9</title>
+
+ <para>
+ A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.5.X.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.5.8,
+ see <xref linkend="release-9-5-8">.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Changes</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show foreign tables
+ in <structname>information_schema</>.<structname>table_privileges</>
+ view (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All other relevant <structname>information_schema</> views include
+ foreign tables, but this one ignored them.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Since this view definition is installed by <application>initdb</>,
+ merely upgrading will not fix the problem. If you need to fix this
+ in an existing installation, you can, as a superuser, do this
+ in <application>psql</>:
+<programlisting>
+BEGIN;
+DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
+\i <replaceable>SHAREDIR</>/information_schema.sql
+COMMIT;
+</programlisting>
+ (Run <literal>pg_config --sharedir</> if you're uncertain
+ where <replaceable>SHAREDIR</> is.) This must be repeated in each
+ database to be fixed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Clean up handling of a fatal exit (e.g., due to receipt
+ of <systemitem>SIGTERM</>) that occurs while trying to execute
+ a <command>ROLLBACK</> of a failed transaction (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This situation could result in an assertion failure. In production
+ builds, the exit would still occur, but it would log an unexpected
+ message about <quote>cannot drop active portal</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Remove assertion that could trigger during a fatal exit (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type over
+ a composite type or domain type being searched for (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Certain <command>ALTER</> commands that change the definition of a
+ composite type or domain type are supposed to fail if there are any
+ stored values of that type in the database, because they lack the
+ infrastructure needed to update or check such values. Previously,
+ these checks could miss relevant values that are wrapped inside range
+ types or sub-domains, possibly allowing the database to become
+ inconsistent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix crash in <application>pg_restore</> when using parallel mode and
+ using a list file to select a subset of items to restore (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change <application>ecpg</>'s parser to allow <literal>RETURNING</>
+ clauses without attached C variables (Michael Meskes)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows <application>ecpg</> programs to contain SQL constructs
+ that use <literal>RETURNING</> internally (for example, inside a CTE)
+ rather than using it to define values to be returned to the client.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This fix avoids possible crashes of PL/Perl due to inconsistent
+ assumptions about the width of <type>time_t</> values.
+ A side-effect that may be visible to extension developers is
+ that <literal>_USE_32BIT_TIME_T</> is no longer defined globally
+ in <productname>PostgreSQL</> Windows builds. This is not expected
+ to cause problems, because type <type>time_t</> is not used
+ in any <productname>PostgreSQL</> API definitions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix <literal>make check</> to behave correctly when invoked via a
+ non-GNU make program (Thomas Munro)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="release-9-5-8">
<title>Release 9.5.8</title>
<listitem>
<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [b51c8efc6] 2017-08-24 15:21:32 -0700
--->
- <para>
- Fix failure of walsender processes to respond to shutdown signals
- (Marco Nenciarini)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- A missed flag update resulted in walsenders continuing to run as long
- as they had a standby server connected, preventing primary-server
- shutdown unless immediate shutdown mode is used.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
-<!--
Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Branch: master [0659465ca] 2017-08-15 19:27:22 -0400
Branch: REL_10_STABLE [3ea58216d] 2017-08-15 19:30:35 -0400
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