Re: v7.2.1 Released: Critical Bug Fix - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: v7.2.1 Released: Critical Bug Fix
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Msg-id 24943.1017761797@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to v7.2.1 Released: Critical Bug Fix  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> Over this past weekend, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group packaged
> up and put onto our ftp server PostgreSQL v7.2.1 ... a bug fix release, it
> fixes a critical bug in v7.2:

>     sequence counters will go backwards after a crash

It seems worth pointing out that said bug is not new in 7.2; it has
existed in all 7.1.* releases as well.

If you were looking for a reason to update to 7.2.* from 7.1.*, this
might be a good one.

            regards, tom lane

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