Re: SECURITY RELEASES: 7.2.8 - 7.3.10 - 7.4.8 - 8.0.3

I've updated my Perl script to accommodate the version of the
procedures in the final release notes:

http://www.sitening.com/postgresql-update-2005-1

-tfo

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On May 11, 2005, at 12:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
>> Note that if you're upgrading within a release series (e.g. 8.0.x to
>> 8.0.3) without a dump and reload, you will _not_ get the necessary
>> system catalog changes automatically. Tom's earlier mail describes the
>> procedure needed to correct the system catalog:
>
>>      http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315
>
> Also, note that that message was the zero-day-security-problem response
> to the issue, and that we since figured out cleaner responses.  If you
> haven't yet implemented this in your own DBs, I would suggest following
> the procedures given in the final release notes, eg
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release-7-4-8.html
>
> I expect these notes will shortly show up in the static documentation,
> eg
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/release.html
> but they aren't there yet as I set finger to keyboard.
>
>             regards, tom lane