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E.13. Release 7.4.18

Release date: 2007-09-17

This release contains fixes from 7.4.17. For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see Section E.31.

E.13.1. Migration to Version 7.4.18

A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11, see the release notes for 7.4.11.

E.13.2. Changes

  • Prevent index corruption when a transaction inserts rows and then aborts close to the end of a concurrent VACUUM on the same table (Tom)

  • Make CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL work properly (Tom)

  • Fix excessive logging of SSL error messages (Tom)

  • Fix crash when log_min_error_statement logging runs out of memory (Tom)

  • Prevent CLUSTER from failing due to attempting to process temporary tables of other sessions (Alvaro)

  • Require non-superusers who use /contrib/dblink to use only password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)