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Update release notes for 9.2.1, 9.1.6, 9.0.10, 8.4.14, 8.3.21.
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‎doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml

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<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
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<sect1 id="release-8-3-21">
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<title>Release 8.3.21</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release Date</title>
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<simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.20.
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For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-8-3">.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <productname>PostgreSQL</> community will stop releasing updates
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for the 8.3.X release series in February 2013.
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Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 8.3.21</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X.
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</para>
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<para>
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.17,
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see the release notes for 8.3.17.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes (Alexander Korotkov,
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Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
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</para>
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Multi-column GiST indexes might suffer unexpected bloat due to this
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error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges are still held
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(Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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If we revoke a grant option from some role <replaceable>X</>, but
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<replaceable>X</> still holds that option via a grant from someone
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else, we should not recursively revoke the corresponding privilege
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from role(s) <replaceable>Y</> that <replaceable>X</> had granted it
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to.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of <literal>SIGFPE</> when PL/Perl is in use (Andres Freund)
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</para>
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<para>
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Perl resets the process's <literal>SIGFPE</> handler to
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<literal>SIG_IGN</>, which could result in crashes later on. Restore
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the normal Postgres signal handler after initializing PL/Perl.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl function is
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redefined while being executed (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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Some Linux distributions contain an incorrect version of
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<filename>pthread.h</> that results in incorrect compiled code in
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PL/Perl, leading to crashes if a PL/Perl function calls another one
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that throws an error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2012f
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for DST law changes in Fiji
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-8-3-20">
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<title>Release 8.3.20</title>
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‎doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml

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<sect1 id="release-8-4-14">
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<title>Release 8.4.14</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release Date</title>
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<simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.13.
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For information about new features in the 8.4 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-8-4">.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 8.4.14</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.4.X.
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</para>
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<para>
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.4.10,
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see the release notes for 8.4.10.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix planner's assignment of executor parameters, and fix executor's
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rescan logic for CTE plan nodes (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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These errors could result in wrong answers from queries that scan the
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same <literal>WITH</> subquery multiple times.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes (Alexander Korotkov,
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Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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Multi-column GiST indexes might suffer unexpected bloat due to this
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error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges are still held
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(Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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If we revoke a grant option from some role <replaceable>X</>, but
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<replaceable>X</> still holds that option via a grant from someone
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else, we should not recursively revoke the corresponding privilege
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from role(s) <replaceable>Y</> that <replaceable>X</> had granted it
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to.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of <literal>SIGFPE</> when PL/Perl is in use (Andres Freund)
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</para>
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<para>
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Perl resets the process's <literal>SIGFPE</> handler to
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<literal>SIG_IGN</>, which could result in crashes later on. Restore
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the normal Postgres signal handler after initializing PL/Perl.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl function is
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redefined while being executed (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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Some Linux distributions contain an incorrect version of
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<filename>pthread.h</> that results in incorrect compiled code in
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PL/Perl, leading to crashes if a PL/Perl function calls another one
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that throws an error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2012f
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for DST law changes in Fiji
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-8-4-13">
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<title>Release 8.4.13</title>
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‎doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml

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<sect1 id="release-9-0-10">
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<title>Release 9.0.10</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release Date</title>
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<simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.9.
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For information about new features in the 9.0 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-9-0">.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 9.0.10</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.0.X.
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</para>
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<para>
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.0.6,
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see the release notes for 9.0.6.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix planner's assignment of executor parameters, and fix executor's
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rescan logic for CTE plan nodes (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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These errors could result in wrong answers from queries that scan the
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same <literal>WITH</> subquery multiple times.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes (Alexander Korotkov,
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Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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Multi-column GiST indexes might suffer unexpected bloat due to this
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error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges are still held
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(Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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If we revoke a grant option from some role <replaceable>X</>, but
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<replaceable>X</> still holds that option via a grant from someone
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else, we should not recursively revoke the corresponding privilege
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from role(s) <replaceable>Y</> that <replaceable>X</> had granted it
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to.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error messages for Hot Standby misconfiguration errors
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(Gurjeet Singh)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of <literal>SIGFPE</> when PL/Perl is in use (Andres Freund)
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</para>
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<para>
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Perl resets the process's <literal>SIGFPE</> handler to
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<literal>SIG_IGN</>, which could result in crashes later on. Restore
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the normal Postgres signal handler after initializing PL/Perl.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl function is
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redefined while being executed (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl (Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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Some Linux distributions contain an incorrect version of
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<filename>pthread.h</> that results in incorrect compiled code in
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PL/Perl, leading to crashes if a PL/Perl function calls another one
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that throws an error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <application>pg_upgrade</>'s handling of line endings on Windows
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</para>
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Previously, <application>pg_upgrade</> might add or remove carriage
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returns in places such as function bodies.
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</listitem>
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On Windows, make <application>pg_upgrade</> use backslash path
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separators in the scripts it emits (Andrew Dunstan)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2012f
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for DST law changes in Fiji
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release-9-0-9">
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<title>Release 9.0.9</title>
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