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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 2b47b6c50ad..7b447f31486 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.527 2007/10/18 23:34:54 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.528 2007/10/19 01:56:06 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- Typical markup: @@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. point-in-time recovery. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> <para> New boolean configuration parameter, <varname>archive_mode</>, @@ -2431,112 +2432,113 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para> - Support explicit placement of the temporary-table schema within - <varname>search_path</>, and disable searching it for functions - and operators (Tom) - </para> - <para> - This is needed to allow a security-definer function to set a - truly secure value of <varname>search_path</>. Without it, - an unprivileged SQL user can use temporary objects to execute code - with the privileges of the security-definer function (CVE-2007-2138). - See <command>CREATE FUNCTION</> for more information. - </para> + <para> + Support explicit placement of the temporary-table schema within + <varname>search_path</>, and disable searching it for functions + and operators (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This is needed to allow a security-definer function to set a + truly secure value of <varname>search_path</>. Without it, + an unprivileged SQL user can use temporary objects to execute code + with the privileges of the security-definer function (CVE-2007-2138). + See <command>CREATE FUNCTION</> for more information. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix <varname>shared_preload_libraries</> for Windows - by forcing reload in each backend (Korry Douglas) - </para> + <para> + Fix <varname>shared_preload_libraries</> for Windows + by forcing reload in each backend (Korry Douglas) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix <function>to_char()</> so it properly upper/lower cases localized day or month - names (Pavel Stehule) - </para> + <para> + Fix <function>to_char()</> so it properly upper/lower cases localized day or month + names (Pavel Stehule) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - <filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> crash fixes (Teodor) - </para> + <para> + <filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> crash fixes (Teodor) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Require <command>COMMIT PREPARED</> to be executed in the same - database as the transaction was prepared in (Heikki) - </para> + <para> + Require <command>COMMIT PREPARED</> to be executed in the same + database as the transaction was prepared in (Heikki) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Allow <command>pg_dump</> to do binary backups larger than two gigabytes - on Windows (Magnus) - </para> + <para> + Allow <command>pg_dump</> to do binary backups larger than two gigabytes + on Windows (Magnus) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - New traditional (Taiwan) Chinese <acronym>FAQ</> (Zhou Daojing) - </para> + <para> + New traditional (Taiwan) Chinese <acronym>FAQ</> (Zhou Daojing) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Prevent the statistics collector from writing to disk too frequently (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Prevent the statistics collector from writing to disk too frequently (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix potential-data-corruption bug in how <command>VACUUM FULL</> handles - <command>UPDATE</> chains (Tom, Pavan Deolasee) - </para> + <para> + Fix potential-data-corruption bug in how <command>VACUUM FULL</> handles + <command>UPDATE</> chains (Tom, Pavan Deolasee) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix bug in domains that use array types (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix bug in domains that use array types (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix <command>pg_dump</> so it can dump a serial column's sequence - using <option>-t</> when not also dumping the owning table - (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix <command>pg_dump</> so it can dump a serial column's sequence + using <option>-t</> when not also dumping the owning table + (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Planner fixes, including improving outer join and bitmap scan - selection logic (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Planner fixes, including improving outer join and bitmap scan + selection logic (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix possible wrong answers or crash when a PL/pgSQL function tries - to <literal>RETURN</> from within an <literal>EXCEPTION</> block - (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix possible wrong answers or crash when a PL/pgSQL function tries + to <literal>RETURN</> from within an <literal>EXCEPTION</> block + (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix PANIC during enlargement of a hash index (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix PANIC during enlargement of a hash index (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix POSIX-style timezone specs to follow new USA DST rules (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix POSIX-style timezone specs to follow new USA DST rules (Tom) + </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -2571,16 +2573,16 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para> - Remove overly-restrictive check for type length in constraints and - functional indexes(Tom) - </para> + <para> + Remove overly-restrictive check for type length in constraints and + functional indexes(Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix optimization so MIN/MAX in subqueries can again use indexes (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix optimization so MIN/MAX in subqueries can again use indexes (Tom) + </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -2616,124 +2618,127 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para> - Remove security vulnerabilities that allowed connected users - to read backend memory (Tom) - </para> - <para> - The vulnerabilities involve suppressing the normal check that a SQL - function returns the data type it's declared to, and changing the - data type of a table column (CVE-2007-0555, CVE-2007-0556). These - errors can easily be exploited to cause a backend crash, and in - principle might be used to read database content that the user - should not be able to access. - </para> + <para> + Remove security vulnerabilities that allowed connected users + to read backend memory (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + The vulnerabilities involve suppressing the normal check that a SQL + function returns the data type it's declared to, and changing the + data type of a table column (CVE-2007-0555, CVE-2007-0556). These + errors can easily be exploited to cause a backend crash, and in + principle might be used to read database content that the user + should not be able to access. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix not-so-rare-anymore bug wherein btree index page splits could fail - due to choosing an infeasible split point (Heikki Linnakangas) - </para> + <para> + Fix not-so-rare-anymore bug wherein btree index page splits could fail + due to choosing an infeasible split point (Heikki Linnakangas) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix Borland C compile scripts (L Bayuk) - </para> + <para> + Fix Borland C compile scripts (L Bayuk) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Properly handle <function>to_char('CC')</> for years ending in - <literal>00</> (Tom) - </para> - <para> - Year 2000 is in the twentieth century, not the twenty-first. - </para> + <para> + Properly handle <function>to_char('CC')</> for years ending in + <literal>00</> (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + Year 2000 is in the twentieth century, not the twenty-first. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - <filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> localization improvements (Tatsuo, Teodor) - </para> + <para> + <filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> localization improvements (Tatsuo, Teodor) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix incorrect permission check in - <literal>information_schema.key_column_usage</> view (Tom) - </para> - <para> - The symptom is <quote>relation with OID nnnnn does not exist</> errors. - To get this fix without using <command>initdb</>, use <command>CREATE OR - REPLACE VIEW</> to install the corrected definition found in - <filename>share/information_schema.sql</>. Note you will need to do - this in each database. - </para> + <para> + Fix incorrect permission check in + <literal>information_schema.key_column_usage</> view (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + The symptom is <quote>relation with OID nnnnn does not exist</> errors. + To get this fix without using <command>initdb</>, use <command>CREATE OR + REPLACE VIEW</> to install the corrected definition found in + <filename>share/information_schema.sql</>. Note you will need to do + this in each database. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Improve <command>VACUUM</> performance for databases with many tables (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Improve <command>VACUUM</> performance for databases with many tables (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix for rare Assert() crash triggered by <literal>UNION</> (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix for rare Assert() crash triggered by <literal>UNION</> (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix potentially incorrect results from index searches using - <literal>ROW</> inequality conditions (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix potentially incorrect results from index searches using + <literal>ROW</> inequality conditions (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Tighten security of multi-byte character processing for UTF8 sequences - over three bytes long (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Tighten security of multi-byte character processing for UTF8 sequences + over three bytes long (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix bogus <quote>permission denied</> failures occurring on Windows - due to attempts to fsync already-deleted files (Magnus, Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix bogus <quote>permission denied</> failures occurring on Windows + due to attempts to fsync already-deleted files (Magnus, Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix bug that could cause the statistics collector - to hang on Windows (Magnus) - </para> + <para> + Fix bug that could cause the statistics collector + to hang on Windows (Magnus) + </para> - <para> - This would in turn lead to autovacuum not working. - </para> + <para> + This would in turn lead to autovacuum not working. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix possible crashes when an already-in-use PL/pgSQL function is - updated (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix possible crashes when an already-in-use PL/pgSQL function is + updated (Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Improve PL/pgSQL handling of domain types (Sergiy Vyshnevetskiy, Tom) - </para> + <para> + Improve PL/pgSQL handling of domain types (Sergiy Vyshnevetskiy, Tom) + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para> - Fix possible errors in processing PL/pgSQL exception blocks (Tom) - </para> + <para> + Fix possible errors in processing PL/pgSQL exception blocks (Tom) + </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |