The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all
supported versions of our database system, including 9.6.5, 9.5.9,
9.4.14, 9.3.19, and 9.2.23.
This release includes fixes that prevent a crash in pg_restore when
using parallel mode. It also patches over a few other bugs reported
since the last releases in August.
Additionally, in 9.4.14 only, there is a fix to an issue with walsenders
preventing primary-server shutdown unless immediate shutdown mode is used.
Users should plan to update at the next convenient downtime.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
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This update also fixes a number of bugs reported in the last few weeks.
Some of these issues affect only version 9.6, but many affect all
supported versions:
* Show foreign tables in information_schema.table_privileges view.
This fix applies to new databases, see the release notes for the
procedure to apply the fix to an existing database.
* Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type
over a composite type or domain type being searched for
* Prevent crash when passing fixed-length pass-by-reference data types
to parallel worker processes
* Change ecpg’s parser to allow RETURNING clauses without attached C
variables
* Change ecpg’s parser to recognize backslash continuation of C
preprocessor command lines
* Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows
EOL Warning for Version 9.2
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PostgreSQL version 9.2 will be End-of-Life in September, 2017. The
project expects to only release one more update for that version. We
urge users to start planning an upgrade to a later version of PostgreSQL
as soon as possible. See our Versioning Policy for more information.
Updating
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All PostgreSQL update releases are cumulative. As with other minor
releases, users are not required to dump and reload their database or
use pg_upgrade in order to apply this update release; you may simply
shut down PostgreSQL and update its binaries.
Links
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* Download: https://www.postgresql.org/download/
* Release Notes: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release.html
* Security Page: https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
* Versioning Policy: https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/
