Thread: 8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

From
"Marc G. Fournier"
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As a result of there being two *known* outstanding bugs, we have just bundled 
up a Beta3, to allow for testing of the recent patch concerning WAL replay ...

Please download the latest beta from:
      ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/source/v8.2beta

While the mirrors themselves catch up over the next 24 hours ...



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Re: 8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

From
Andrew Dunstan
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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> As a result of there being two *known* outstanding bugs, we have just bundled 
> up a Beta3, to allow for testing of the recent patch concerning WAL replay ...
>
> Please download the latest beta from:
>
>        ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/source/v8.2beta
>
> While the mirrors themselves catch up over the next 24 hours ...
>
>
>
>   

What are the bugs?

cheers

andrew


Re: 8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

From
"Heikki Linnakangas"
Date:
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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>> As a result of there being two *known* outstanding bugs, we have just 
>> bundled up a Beta3, to allow for testing of the recent patch 
>> concerning WAL replay ...
>>
> What are the bugs?

AFAIK:

1. Tuple freezing and hint bits were not WAL-logged, which could lead to 
data corruption if database crashed after VACUUM. See recent thread 
titled "WAL logging freezing".

2. B-tree page deletion bug, which could lead to VACUUM erroring with 
"failed to re-find parent key" message. See thread "Nasty btree deletion 
bug": http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg01373.php

--   Heikki Linnakangas  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com


Re: 8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

From
Robert Treat
Date:
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 13:25, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> As a result of there being two *known* outstanding bugs, we have just
> bundled up a Beta3, to allow for testing of the recent patch concerning WAL
> replay ...
>
> Please download the latest beta from:
>
>        ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/source/v8.2beta
>
> While the mirrors themselves catch up over the next 24 hours ...
>

Hey Marc, this url breaks consistency with previous beta builds and with the 
windows beta binaries which all use an incrementing beta version number (ie. 
beta3 vs. beta).  I've adjusted the links on the website to match what's 
actually up there, but it might be a good idea to remove the beta2 directory 
from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/ lest someone gets confused about 
where to look for the most recent beta.

-- 
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL


Re: 8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

From
"Marc G. Fournier"
Date:
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Done ...

- --On Wednesday, November 08, 2006 21:31:38 -0500 Robert Treat 
<xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 13:25, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> As a result of there being two *known* outstanding bugs, we have just
>> bundled up a Beta3, to allow for testing of the recent patch concerning WAL
>> replay ...
>>
>> Please download the latest beta from:
>>
>>        ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/source/v8.2beta
>>
>> While the mirrors themselves catch up over the next 24 hours ...
>>
>
> Hey Marc, this url breaks consistency with previous beta builds and with the
> windows beta binaries which all use an incrementing beta version number (ie.
> beta3 vs. beta).  I've adjusted the links on the website to match what's
> actually up there, but it might be a good idea to remove the beta2 directory
> from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/ lest someone gets confused about
> where to look for the most recent beta.
>
> --
> Robert Treat
> Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL



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Re: 8.2 Beta 3 Now Available for Download / Testing ...

From
Andrew Dunstan
Date:
Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> As a result of there being two *known* outstanding bugs, we have 
>>> just bundled up a Beta3, to allow for testing of the recent patch 
>>> concerning WAL replay ...
>>>
>> What are the bugs?
>
> AFAIK:
>
> 1. Tuple freezing and hint bits were not WAL-logged, which could lead 
> to data corruption if database crashed after VACUUM. See recent thread 
> titled "WAL logging freezing".
>
> 2. B-tree page deletion bug, which could lead to VACUUM erroring with 
> "failed to re-find parent key" message. See thread "Nasty btree 
> deletion bug": 
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg01373.php
>

I assume that we also want to fix the plperl/plperlu interaction issue, 
especially as it will result in changed behaviour on some platforms, at 
least.

I have asked a couple of people to look over and test the patch I posted 
on Sunday, but i have not had any reaction so far and feel slightly 
nervous about applying it. I will make some time to do more testing 
myself this weekend.

cheers

andrew