PostgreSQL 2009-03-15 Cumulative Bug-Fix Release
The PostgreSQL Project released minor versions updating all active branches of the PostgreSQL object-relational database system, including versions 8.4.3, 8.3.10, 8.2.16, 8.1.20, 8.0.24, and 7.4.28.
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group will stop releasing updates for PostgreSQL versions 7.4 and 8.0 after June of 2010. Users of those versions are urged to start planning to upgrade now.
This release provides a workaround for some third-party SSL libraries, as well as multiple fixes for minor uptime and data integrity issues. All database administrators are urged to update their version of PostgreSQL at the next scheduled downtime.
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There are 47 other bug fixes in this release, many of which apply only to version 8.4. These are generally fixes for minor issues and combinational errors, including:
- Fix potential deadlock during startup
- Remove several possible rare crash conditions
- Fix several minor data-loss issues with GIN and GiST indexes
- Close two corner-case memory leaks
- Update time zone data for 6 regions
PostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is a free and open source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). It is released under an MIT-style license.
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