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<appendix id="release">
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.3, see the release
notes for 8.0.3.
Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para>
</sect2>

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<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued
outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix Windows code so that postmaster will continue rather
than exit if there is no more room in ShmemBackendArray (Magnus)</para>
<para>The previous behavior could lead to a denial-of-service situation if too
many connection requests arrive close together. This applies
<emphasis>only</> to the Windows port.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix bug introduced in 8.0 that could allow ReadBuffer
to return an already-used page as new, potentially causing loss of
recently-committed data (Tom)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation
directories (Tom)</para> <para>Previous releases supported relocation
only if all directories were the same except the last
component.</para></listitem>
directories (Tom)</para>
<para>Previous releases supported relocation only if all installation
directory paths were the same except for the last component.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix bug in strpos() and regular expression handling in
certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Various fixes for queries returning <literal>RECORD</>s
<listitem><para>Various fixes for functions returning <literal>RECORD</>s
(Tom) </para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
which caused it not to use all available salt space for md5 and
xdes algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<para>Salts for blowfish and standard des are unaffected</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/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)</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

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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 <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para>
</sect2>

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<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued
outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo)
<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall
gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/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)</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

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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 <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para>
</sect2>

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<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo)
<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall
gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/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)</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

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