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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>E.337. Release 7.2.5</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /><link rel="prev" href="release-7-2-6.html" title="E.336. Release 7.2.6" /><link rel="next" href="release-7-2-4.html" title="E.338. Release 7.2.4" /></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">E.337. Release 7.2.5</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="release-7-2-6.html" title="E.336. Release 7.2.6">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="release.html" title="Appendix E. Release Notes">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix E. Release Notes</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.1 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="release-7-2-4.html" title="E.338. Release 7.2.4">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="RELEASE-7-2-5"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">E.337. Release 7.2.5</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="release-7-2-5.html#id-1.11.6.341.4">E.337.1. Migration to Version 7.2.5</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="release-7-2-5.html#id-1.11.6.341.5">E.337.2. Changes</a></span></dt></dl></div><p><strong>Release date: </strong>2004-08-16</p><p>
   This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.4.
  </p><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.6.341.4"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">E.337.1. Migration to Version 7.2.5</h3></div></div></div><p>
    A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.2.X.
   </p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.6.341.5"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">E.337.2. Changes</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>Prevent possible loss of committed transactions during crash</p><p>
Due to insufficient interlocking between transaction commit and checkpointing,
it was possible for transactions committed just before the most recent
checkpoint to be lost, in whole or in part, following a database crash and
restart.  This is a serious bug that has existed
since <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 7.1.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Fix corner case for btree search in parallel with first root page split</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Fix buffer overrun in <code class="function">to_ascii</code> (Guido Notari)</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Fix core dump in deadlock detection on machines where char is unsigned</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Fix failure to respond to <code class="command">pg_ctl stop -m fast</code> after Async_NotifyHandler runs</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Repair memory leaks in pg_dump</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Avoid conflict with system definition of <code class="function">isblank()</code> function or macro</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="release-7-2-6.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="release.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="release-7-2-4.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">E.336. Release 7.2.6 </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> E.338. Release 7.2.4</td></tr></table></div></body></html>