PostgreSQL 2009-02-06 Update Release Available Now
The PostgreSQL Project today released updates to all active branches of
the PostgreSQL object-relational database system, including versions
8.3.6, 8.2.12, 8.1.16, 8.0.20 and 7.4.24. These updates include two
serious fixes, for autovacuum crashes in version 8.1 and GiST indexing
data loss in 8.3, and those two versions should be updated as soon as
possible.
These update releases also include patches for several low-risk security
holes, as well as up to 17 other minor fixes, depending on your major
version of PostgreSQL. Included as well are Daylight Savings Time
changes for Nepal, Switzerland and Cuba. See the release notes for full
details.
The first serious issue affects users who are using version 8.1 with
Autovacuum, which will fail when XID rollover is required. The second
serious issue can cause data loss when CLUSTER is used with GiST indexes
(such as full text indexes) on version 8.3. Both issues are fixed in
these releases.
As with other minor releases, users are not required to dump and reload
their database in order to apply this update release; you can simply
shut down PostgreSQL and update its binaries. Users skipping more than
one update should check the release notes for extra, post-update steps.
As previously announced, only versions 8.2.12 and 8.3.6 of the Windows
binaries are being released, as we no longer support 8.0 and 8.1 on Windows.
-- Release Notes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release.html
-- Installation Packages:
http://www.postgresql.org/download/
-- Source Code:
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
Please note: if you downloaded a copy of the 8.3.6 source code, or
Windows build 8.3.6-1, from www.postgresql.org before February 4th, you
may have received a copy which contains a bug. Please replace it with
today's download.
