PostgreSQL pg_upgrade bugfix 2011-04-18 release

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today released bug fix updates for all active branches of the PostgreSQL database system, including versions 9.0.4, 8.4.8, 8.3.15 and 8.2.21. This update contains a critical fix to the pg_upgrade utility which prevents significant downtime issues. Do not use pg_upgrade without installing this update first.

The issue with pg_upgrade and the fix are detailed on the PostgreSQL wiki: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20110408pg_upgrade_fix. Users who have already used pg_upgrade should run the database repair script given on that page on their databases as soon as possible.

In addition to pg_upgrade, the following fixes are included in the update. Not all fixes affect all versions.

• fix build issues on HP-UX and Itanium
• update time zone files for recent time zone changes
• change SQLSTATE for Hot Standby warnings
• prevent bgwriter hang during recovery
• prevent recursive composite type creation
• disallow dropping tables whose triggers are still pending
• allow use of "replication" as a user name
• prevent a crash during GEQO planning
• improve join plans for tables with missing statistics
• fix error with SELECT FOR UPDATE in a subselect
• close PL/python array slice memory leak
• allow SSL connections for users with no home directory
• allow building PostgreSQL 9.0 with 64-bit MinGW

See the release notes for each version at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release.html for a full list of changes with details.

As with other minor releases, users are not required to dump and reload their database in order to apply this update release; you may simply shut down PostgreSQL and update its binaries. Users skipping more than

one update may need to check the release notes for extra, post-update steps. Users who have previously used pg_upgrade or pg_migrator to upgrade their databases need to run the script detailed on the wiki page.

Download new versions now:

• Main download page: http://www.postgresql.org/download/
• Source code: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
• Binary packages: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/
• One-click installer, including Windows packages: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload

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