Re: 7.4RC2 vs 7.4

scott.marlowe wrote:
> On 18 Nov 2003, Christopher Murtagh wrote:
>
> >
> > Just wondering if there were indeed any changes between 7.4 and 7.4RC2.
> > I had to go live with 7.4RC2 on the weekend (it passed all of our tests
> > quite well and we needed some of its features). Was RC2 simply stamped
> > 'Final' or were there any last fixes that I should worry about?
>
> There was some issue with Solaris and IPV6/IPV4 or something like that
> that popped up late in 7.4RC2 to 7.4 I believe. I think the decision was
> that in order to fix it, postgresql would have to code around broken
> operating systems, and that isn't something that postgresql should have to
> do, i.e. let Solaris get fixed, or delay the fix until it can be better
> tested and maybe roll it into a 7.4.x release.

We did add it for 7.4 final.

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