Re: v7.2.1 Released: Critical Bug Fix

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-announce(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: v7.2.1 Released: Critical Bug Fix
Date: 2002-04-02 15:36:37
Message-ID: 24943.1017761797@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> Over this past weekend, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group packaged
> up and put onto our ftp server PostgreSQL v7.2.1 ... a bug fix release, it
> fixes a critical bug in v7.2:

> sequence counters will go backwards after a crash

It seems worth pointing out that said bug is not new in 7.2; it has
existed in all 7.1.* releases as well.

If you were looking for a reason to update to 7.2.* from 7.1.*, this
might be a good one.

regards, tom lane

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