Recommended update for PostgreSQL
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for PostgreSQL
This update provides PostgreSQL 8.3.21. The detailed list
of changes can be found here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-21.htm
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This update contains the following changes:
* Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes.
* Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges
are still held.
* Fix handling of SIGFPE when PL/Perl is in use.
* Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl
function is redefined while being executed.
* Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl.
In addition, the init script was changed to avoid that
processes (re-)starting PostgreSQL in a pipe or subshell
don't hang (bnc#779927)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2012:1335-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #779927 #780978 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.
Description:
This update provides PostgreSQL 8.3.21. The detailed list
of changes can be found here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-21.htm
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This update contains the following changes:
* Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes.
* Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges
are still held.
* Fix handling of SIGFPE when PL/Perl is in use.
* Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl
function is redefined while being executed.
* Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl.
In addition, the init script was changed to avoid that
processes (re-)starting PostgreSQL in a pipe or subshell
don't hang (bnc#779927)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-postgresql-201209-6876 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-postgresql-201209-6876 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-postgresql-201209-6876
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.21]:
- postgresql-8.3.21-0.4.1
- postgresql-contrib-8.3.21-0.4.1
- postgresql-docs-8.3.21-0.4.1
- postgresql-server-8.3.21-0.4.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (noarch):
- postgresql-init-9.1-0.6.14.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.21]:
- postgresql-8.3.21-0.4.1
- postgresql-contrib-8.3.21-0.4.1
- postgresql-docs-8.3.21-0.4.1
- postgresql-server-8.3.21-0.4.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch):
- postgresql-init-9.1-0.6.14.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.21]:
- postgresql-8.3.21-0.4.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (noarch):
- postgresql-init-9.1-0.6.14.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/779927
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/780978
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e6b0fd56486f5f726f678eb5018eec19