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Update release notes for 9.2.1, 9.1.6, 9.0.10, 8.4.14, 8.3.21.

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<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-3-21">
<title>Release 8.3.21</title>
<note>
<title>Release Date</title>
<simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.20.
For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-8-3">.
</para>
<para>
The <productname>PostgreSQL</> community will stop releasing updates
for the 8.3.X release series in February 2013.
Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 8.3.21</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X.
</para>
<para>
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.17,
see the release notes for 8.3.17.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes (Alexander Korotkov,
Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Multi-column GiST indexes might suffer unexpected bloat due to this
error.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges are still held
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
If we revoke a grant option from some role <replaceable>X</>, but
<replaceable>X</> still holds that option via a grant from someone
else, we should not recursively revoke the corresponding privilege
from role(s) <replaceable>Y</> that <replaceable>X</> had granted it
to.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix handling of <literal>SIGFPE</> when PL/Perl is in use (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
Perl resets the process's <literal>SIGFPE</> handler to
<literal>SIG_IGN</>, which could result in crashes later on. Restore
the normal Postgres signal handler after initializing PL/Perl.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl function is
redefined while being executed (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Some Linux distributions contain an incorrect version of
<filename>pthread.h</> that results in incorrect compiled code in
PL/Perl, leading to crashes if a PL/Perl function calls another one
that throws an error.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2012f
for DST law changes in Fiji
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-8-3-20">
<title>Release 8.3.20</title>

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doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml

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<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-4-14">
<title>Release 8.4.14</title>
<note>
<title>Release Date</title>
<simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.13.
For information about new features in the 8.4 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-8-4">.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 8.4.14</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.4.X.
</para>
<para>
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.4.10,
see the release notes for 8.4.10.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix planner's assignment of executor parameters, and fix executor's
rescan logic for CTE plan nodes (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
These errors could result in wrong answers from queries that scan the
same <literal>WITH</> subquery multiple times.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes (Alexander Korotkov,
Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Multi-column GiST indexes might suffer unexpected bloat due to this
error.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges are still held
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
If we revoke a grant option from some role <replaceable>X</>, but
<replaceable>X</> still holds that option via a grant from someone
else, we should not recursively revoke the corresponding privilege
from role(s) <replaceable>Y</> that <replaceable>X</> had granted it
to.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix handling of <literal>SIGFPE</> when PL/Perl is in use (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
Perl resets the process's <literal>SIGFPE</> handler to
<literal>SIG_IGN</>, which could result in crashes later on. Restore
the normal Postgres signal handler after initializing PL/Perl.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl function is
redefined while being executed (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Some Linux distributions contain an incorrect version of
<filename>pthread.h</> that results in incorrect compiled code in
PL/Perl, leading to crashes if a PL/Perl function calls another one
that throws an error.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2012f
for DST law changes in Fiji
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-8-4-13">
<title>Release 8.4.13</title>