From e9b0c2d4bd06c645daeb7f1a1e0df57bd5c0abc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 03:00:34 +0000 Subject: Release-note updates and copy editing. --- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 5154a4b8c45..1dfed85090a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.235.2.38 2006/01/05 15:17: A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release notes for 7.4.8. + Also, you might need to REINDEX indexes on textual + columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or + plperl issues described below. @@ -32,29 +35,35 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.235.2.38 2006/01/05 15:17: -Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued -outside a transaction (Tom) - -Fix character set sorting for locales that consider -different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. -Hungarian. (Tom) This might require REINDEX in -those locales to fix existing indexes. - -Fix bug in strpos() and regular expression handling in -certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo) +Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued +outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom) + +Fix character string comparison for locales that consider +different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom) +This might require REINDEX to fix existing indexes on +textual columns. + +Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup +to ensure that plperl won't change the locale later +This fixes a problem that occurred if the postmaster was +started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what +initdb had been told. Under these conditions, any use of +plperl was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need +REINDEX to fix existing indexes on +textual columns if this has happened to you. + +Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression +handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo) Fix bug in /contrib/pgcrypto gen_salt, -which caused it not to use all available salt space for md5 and -xdes algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer) -Salts for blowfish and standard des are unaffected - -Fix /contrib/dblink to throw an error -when the number of columns specified is different from those returned -by the query (Joe) +which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and +XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer) +Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected. -Set LC_XXX variables to prevent problems -with plperl processing (Tom) +Fix /contrib/dblink to throw an error, +rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from +what's actually returned by the query (Joe) @@ -2763,6 +2772,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release notes for 7.3.10. + Also, you might need to REINDEX indexes on textual + columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or + plperl issues described below. @@ -2771,23 +2783,32 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; -Fix character set sorting for locales that consider -different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. -Hungarian. (Tom) This might require REINDEX in -those locales to fix existing indexes. - -Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo) +Fix character string comparison for locales that consider +different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom) +This might require REINDEX to fix existing indexes on +textual columns. + +Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup +to ensure that plperl won't change the locale later +This fixes a problem that occurred if the postmaster was +started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what +initdb had been told. Under these conditions, any use of +plperl was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need +REINDEX to fix existing indexes on +textual columns if this has happened to you. + +Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression +handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo) -Fix bug in /contrib/pgcrypto Openwall -gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen> - -Fix /contrib/dblink to throw an error -when the number of columns specified is different from those returned -by the query (Joe) +Fix bug in /contrib/pgcrypto gen_salt, +which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and +XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer) +Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected. -Set LC_XXX variables to prevent problems -with plperl processing (Tom) +Fix /contrib/dblink to throw an error, +rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from +what's actually returned by the query (Joe) -- cgit v1.2.3