diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index 6dda50f63d..0f8bf1b72a 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -1,3 +1,35 @@ +PostgreSQL 6.3.2 Tue Apr 7 16:53:16 EDT 1998 +------------------------------------------------------------- + +A dump/restore is NOT required for those running 6.3.1. A +'make distclean', 'make', and 'make install' is all that is required. +This last step should be performed while the postmaster is not running. +You should re-link any custom applications that use PostgreSQL libraries. + +Changes +------- +configure detection improvements for tcl/tk(Brook Milligan, Alvin) +Manual page improvements(Bruce) +BETWEEN and LIKE fix(Thomas) +fix for psql \connect used by pg_dump(Oliver Elphick) +Cleanup of postodbc source code indentation +pgaccess, version 0.86 +HAVING clause now supported in SELECT(Stefan) +qsort removed, now uses libc version, cleanups(Jeroen) +fix for buffer over-runs detected(Maurice Gittens) +fix for buffer overrun in libpgtcl(Randy Kunkee) +fix for UNION with DISTINCT or ORDER BY(Bruce) +gettimeofday configure check(Doug Winterburn) +Fix "indexes not used" bug(Vadim) +docs additions(Thomas) +Fix for backend memory leak(Bruce) +libreadline cleanup(Erwan MAS) +Remove DISTDIR(Bruce) +Makefile dependency cleanup(Jeroen van Vianen) +ASSERT fixes(Bruce) + + + PostgreSQL 6.3.1 Mon Mar 23 10:21:52 EST 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index f4131f6b81..1286bf2d09 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ POSTGRESQL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Copyright (c) 1997 Regents of the University of California This is file /usr/src/pgsql/INSTALL. It contains notes on how to install -PostgreSQL v6.3.1. Up to date information on PostgreSQL may be found at +PostgreSQL v6.3.2. Up to date information on PostgreSQL may be found at http://www.postgresql.org. PostgreSQL is an RDBMS database server. It is not completely ANSI SQL @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ PostgreSQL: To check for disk space, use command "df -k". - 4) Ftp file ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz from the + 4) Ftp file ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.3.2.tar.gz from the Internet. Store it in your home directory. 5) Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex then make sure @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ PostgreSQL: step. Type (with the gunzip line and the following line typed as one line): cd - gunzip -c postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz | + gunzip -c postgresql-v6.3.2.tar.gz | tar xvf - src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall chmod a+x src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall > db.out @@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ PostgreSQL: Please note that if you are upgrading from a version prior to Postgres95 v1.09 then you must back up your database, install Postgres95 v1.09, restore your database, then back it up again. - You should also read files /usr/src/pgsql/migration/*. + + You should also read the appropriate files pgsql/migration/*. You must make sure that your database is not updated in the middle of your backup. If necessary, bring down postmaster, edit the permissions @@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ PostgreSQL: 10) Unzip and untar the new source file. Type cd /usr/src/pgsql - gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - + gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.3.2.tar.gz | tar xvf - 11) Configure the source code for your system. It is this step at which you can specify your actual source path and installation paths for @@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL. For a i686/Linux-ELF platform, no tests failed since this is the - v6.3.1 regression testing reference platform. + v6.3.2 regression testing reference platform. For the SPARC/Linux-ELF platform, using the 970525 beta version of PostgreSQL v6.2 the following tests "failed": @@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ PostgreSQL: rm -rf /usr/local/pgsql_6_0 # Also delete old database directory tree if it is not in # /usr/local/pgsql_6_0/data - rm ~/postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz + rm ~/postgresql-v6.3.2.tar.gz 26) You will probably want to print out the documentation. Here is how you might do it if you have Ghostscript on your system and are @@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ PostgreSQL: supported platforms. We therefore ask you to let us know if you did or did not get PostgreSQL to work on you system. Please send a mail message to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org telling us the following: - - The version of PostgreSQL (v6.3.1, 6.2.1, beta 970703, etc.). + - The version of PostgreSQL (v6.3.2, 6.2.1, beta 970703, etc.). - Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v4.0 Linux v2.0.26). - Your hardware (SPARC, i486, etc.). - Did you compile, install and run the regression tests cleanly? diff --git a/README b/README index 713a29c962..58c37472b8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PostgreSQL Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95). -This directory contains the version 6.3.1 release of the PostgreSQL +This directory contains the version 6.3.2 release of the PostgreSQL database server. The server is not ANSI SQL compliant, but it gets closer with every release. After you unzip and untar the distribution file, look at file INSTALL for the installation notes and file HISTORY diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index f54e5adb6c..95f4ebb8b9 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ TODO list for PostgreSQL ======================== -Last updated: Sat Mar 21 00:26:29 EST 1998 +Last updated: Tue Apr 7 16:56:24 EDT 1998 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Developers who have claimed items are: * Jan is Jan Wieck * Jun is Jun Kuwamura * Kurt is "Kurt J. Lidl" + * Maarten is Maarten Boekhold * Marc is Marc Fournier * Martin is Martin S. Utesch * Michael is Michael Meskes @@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ RELIABILITY * views on subselects fail * disallow inherited columns with the same name as new columns * recover or force failure when disk space is exhausted +* default char() value not to full length crashes server on some OS's +* -DISTINCT not on last query fails on UNION but not UNION ALL +* Negative constants used with int2 or float4 columns fails ENHANCEMENTS ------------ @@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ ENHANCEMENTS * Allow transaction commits with rollback with no-fsync performance * More access control over who can create tables and access the database * Add full ANSI SQL capabilities - * Implement HAVING clause(Stephan) + * -Implement HAVING clause(Stephan) * add OUTER joins, left and right (Thomas) * make VIEWs updateable where possible * add INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS(Stephan) @@ -157,6 +161,8 @@ ENHANCEMENTS * Have psql with no database name not connect to username as default(?) * Allow subqueries in target list * Granting permissions to another user looses permissions for the owner +* Allow queries across multiple databases +* Add replication of distributed databases PERFORMANCE ----------- @@ -194,6 +200,30 @@ DOCUMENTATION ============================================================================= + +CHANGES IN THE 6.3.2 PATCH +-------------------------- +configure detection improvements for tcl/tk(Brook Milligan, Alvin) +Manual page improvements(Bruce) +BETWEEN and LIKE fix(Thomas) +fix for psql \connect used by pg_dump(Oliver Elphick) +Cleanup of postodbc source code indentation +pgaccess, version 0.86 +HAVING clause now supported in SELECT(Stefan) +qsort removed, now uses libc version, cleanups(Jeroen) +fix for buffer over-runs detected(Maurice Gittens) +fix for buffer overrun in libpgtcl(Randy Kunkee) +fix for UNION with DISTINCT or ORDER BY(Bruce) +gettimeofday configure check(Doug Winterburn) +Fix "indexes not used" bug(Vadim) +docs additions(Thomas) +Fix for backend memory leak(Bruce) +libreadline cleanup(Erwan MAS) +Remove DISTDIR(Bruce) +Makefile dependency cleanup(Jeroen van Vianen) +ASSERT fixes(Bruce) + + CHANGES IN THE 6.3.1 PATCH -------------------------- ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes) diff --git a/doc/bug.template b/doc/bug.template index 9967455484..cd3268e70b 100644 --- a/doc/bug.template +++ b/doc/bug.template @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ System Configuration Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : - PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.3) : PostgreSQL-6.3.1 + PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.3.2) : PostgreSQL-6.3.2 Compiler used (example: gcc 2.7.2) : diff --git a/migration/6.3.1_to_6.3.2 b/migration/6.3.1_to_6.3.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e6a569c9ae --- /dev/null +++ b/migration/6.3.1_to_6.3.2 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +A dump/restore is NOT required for those running 6.3. A +'make distclean', 'make', and 'make install' is all that is required. +This last step should be performed while the postmaster is not running. +You should re-link any custom applications that use PostgreSQL libraries. diff --git a/register.txt b/register.txt index d1ccb5ba91..62b16125a1 100644 --- a/register.txt +++ b/register.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -(1998-03-21) +(1998-04-07) PostgreSQL has a Web site at http://www.postgresql.org/ which carries details on the latest release, upcoming features, and other information to make your work or play with PostgreSQL more productive. diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in index a6f86424b2..de16dbb367 100644 --- a/src/configure.in +++ b/src/configure.in @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ fi cat <