This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.2, including fixes to prevent possible data loss.
A dump/restore is
not
required for those running version 7.2.*.
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Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
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Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info (Tom)
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Handle pre-1970 date values in newer versions of glibc (Tom)
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Fix possible hang during server shutdown
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Prevent spinlock hangs on SMP PPC machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)
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Fix pg_dump to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)