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Update release notes for releases 9.0.1, 8.4.5, 8.3.12, 8.2.18, 8.1.22,

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8.0.26, and 7.4.30.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml,v 1.1.10.7 2010/05/13 21:27:44 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-7-4-30">
<title>Release 7.4.30</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.29.
For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-7-4">.
</para>
<para>
This is expected to be the last <productname>PostgreSQL</> release
in the 7.4.X series. Users are encouraged to update to a newer
release branch soon.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 7.4.30</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.26,
see the release notes for 7.4.26.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent possible crashes in <function>pg_get_expr()</> by disallowing
it from being called with an argument that is not one of the system
catalog columns it's intended to be used with
(Heikki Linnakangas, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <quote>cannot handle unplanned sub-select</quote> error (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This occurred when a sub-select contains a join alias reference that
expands into an expression containing another sub-select.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Take care to fsync the contents of lockfiles (both
<filename>postmaster.pid</> and the socket lockfile) while writing them
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This omission could result in corrupted lockfile contents if the
machine crashes shortly after postmaster start. That could in turn
prevent subsequent attempts to start the postmaster from succeeding,
until the lockfile is manually removed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve <filename>contrib/dblink</>'s handling of tables containing
dropped columns (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix connection leak after <quote>duplicate connection name</quote>
errors in <filename>contrib/dblink</> (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update build infrastructure and documentation to reflect the source code
repository's move from CVS to Git (Magnus Hagander and others)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-29">
<title>Release 7.4.29</title>
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files during postmaster startup</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various memory leakage fixes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various portability improvements</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
<listitem><para>Fix PL/pgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Update <filename>contrib/tsearch2</> to use current Snowball
code</para></listitem>