Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL v7.0.1 Released

d'oh ... my build script got toasted awhile back, and I had to re-write it
all ... failing to include the formatted docs, it appears :(  my fault ...



On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

> > 06-01-2000 - PostgreSQL v7.0.1 Released 
> > 
> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is proud to announce the release
> > of PostgreSQL v7.0.1. This is essentially acleanup of v7.0. A dump/restore
> > is not required if you're moving from v7.0. If you're migrating from a
> > release earlier than v7.0 a dump/restore will be necessary.
> > 
> > The release is available on ftp.postgresql.org, at:
> > 
> >     ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.0.1
> > 
> > As well as our various mirror affiliates ...
> 
> I am a little bit confused about this release. It seems pre-formatted
> html docs and man files are not included in
> ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.0.1/postgresql.7.0.1.tar.gz 
> 
> cd /usr/local/src/pgsql/7.0.1/postgresql-7.0.1/doc
> make install
> make all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pgsql/7.0.1/postgresql-7.0.1/doc'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `admin', needed by `all'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pgsql/7.0.1/postgresql-7.0.1/doc'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> So I grabed postgresql.7.0.1.docs.tar.gz and looked into the contents,
> but I couldn't find pre-formatted docs. Am I missing something?
> 
> Also, bellow is different from the release note included in the tar ball?
> 
> > Changes 
> > 
> >    Fix many CLUSTER failures (Tom) 
> >    Allow ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes (Tom) 
> >    Fix plpgsql to handle datetime->timestamp and 
> >    timespan->interval (Bruce) 
> >    New configure --with-setproctitle switch to use setproctitle() (Marc, Bruce) 
> >    Fix the off by one errors in ResultSet from 6.5.3, and more. 
> >    jdbc ResultSet fixes (Joseph Shraibman) 
> >    optimizer tunings (Tom) 
> >    Fix create user for pgaccess 
> >    Fix for UNLISTEN failure 
> >    IRIX fixes (David Kaelbling) 
> >    QNX fixes (Andreas Kardos) 
> >    Reduce COPY IN lock level (Tom) 
> >    Change libpqeasy to use PQconnectdb() style parameters (Bruce) 
> >    Fix pg_dump to handle OID indexes (Tom) 
> >    Fix small memory leak (Tom) 
> >    Solaris fix for createdb/dropdb 
> >    Fix for non-blocking connections (Alfred Perlstein) 
> >    Fix improper recovery after RENAME TABLE failures (Tom) 
> >    Copy pg_ident.conf.sample into /lib directory in install (Bruce) 
> > 
> > 
> > Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> > primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
> 
> BTW, why
> the tar ball is named postgresql.7.0.1.tar.gz, rather than
> postgresql-7.0.1.tar.gz? 
> 
> This may confuse users becasue following descriptions are in INSTALL:
> 
> > gunzip postgresql-7.0.1.tar.gz
> > tar -xf postgresql-7.0.1.tar
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org