First update of release notes for 7.4.2. Still needs work.

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                               Release Notes
+                               Release 7.4.2
+     Release date: 2004-03-??
+   This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.1.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+Migration to version 7.4.2
+   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.4.X.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+Changes
+   As of 2004-03-02
+     * Fix problems with ALTER TABLE during concurrent access (Tom)
+     * Improve hash build reliability (Tom)
+     * Fix statistics alignment bug that could affect optimizer, initdb
+       required (Tom)
+     * Optimizer improvements (Tom)
+     * Permission fix for view updates (Tom)
+     * Allow non-super users to update pg_settings (Tom)
+     * Fix for multibyte handling in position() (Korea PostgreSQL Users'
+       Group)
+     * Various multibyte fixes
+     * Fix problem with hitting open file limit, especially on OS X (Tom)
+     * Have pg_dump set client encoding on restore (Tom)
+     * Allow ecpg to again use C keywords as column names (Michael)
+     * Added ecpg WHENEVER NOT_FOUND to SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
+       (Michael)
+     * Fix ecpg crash for queries calling set-returning functions
+       (Michael)
+     * Various ecpg fixes (Michael)
+     * Fixes for Borland compiler
+     * Thread build improvements (Bruce)
+     * Fix for configure --disable-shared support (Tom)
+     * Various build fixes
+     * Various jdbc fixes
+     _________________________________________________________________
                               Release 7.4.1
     Release date: 2003-12-22
@@ -8,7 +49,7 @@
   This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.4.1
+Migration to version 7.4.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.4.
@@ -23,7 +64,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
   Substitute your installation path in the second command.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Fixed bug in "CREATE SCHEMA" parsing in ECPG (Michael)
     * Fix compile error when "--enable-thread-safety" and "--with-perl"
@@ -86,7 +127,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
     Release date: 2003-11-17
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Overview
+Overview
   Major changes in this release:
@@ -187,7 +228,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
          more like fully-supported data types.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 7.4
+Migration to version 7.4
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release.
@@ -251,7 +292,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
       adjacent to operators.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
   Below you will find a detailed account of the changes between release
   7.4 and the previous major release.
@@ -854,12 +895,12 @@ Contrib Changes
   This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.5.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.3.6
+Migration to version 7.3.6
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Revert erroneous changes in rule permissions checking
       A patch applied in 7.3.3 to fix a corner case in rule permissions
@@ -897,12 +938,12 @@ Contrib Changes
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.3.4.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.3.5
+Migration to version 7.3.5
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Force zero_damaged_pages to be on during recovery from WAL
     * Prevent some obscure cases of "variable not in subplan target
@@ -944,12 +985,12 @@ Contrib Changes
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.3.3.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.3.4
+Migration to version 7.3.4
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Repair breakage in timestamp-to-date conversion for dates before
       2000
@@ -971,12 +1012,12 @@ Contrib Changes
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.3.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.3.3
+Migration to version 7.3.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.3.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Repair sometimes-incorrect computation of StartUpID after a crash
     * Avoid slowness with lots of deferred triggers in one transaction
@@ -1094,12 +1135,12 @@ Contrib Changes
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.3.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.3.2
+Migration to version 7.3.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.3.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Restore creation of OID column in CREATE TABLE AS / SELECT INTO
     * Fix pg_dump core dump when dumping views having comments
@@ -1150,7 +1191,7 @@ Contrib Changes
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.3.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.3.1
+Migration to version 7.3.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.3.
   However, it should be noted that the main PostgreSQL interface
@@ -1158,7 +1199,7 @@ Contrib Changes
   may require recompilation of client code in certain cases.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Fix a core dump of COPY TO when client/server encodings don't
       match (Tom)
@@ -1186,7 +1227,7 @@ Contrib Changes
     Release date: 2002-11-27
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Overview
+Overview
   Major changes in this release:
@@ -1241,7 +1282,7 @@ Contrib Changes
          result types.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 7.3
+Migration to version 7.3
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release. If your application examines the
@@ -1276,7 +1317,7 @@ Contrib Changes
       integer field. Formerly, it was silently interpreted as 0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Server Operation
@@ -1734,12 +1775,12 @@ Contrib
   fixes to prevent possible data loss.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.2.4
+Migration to version 7.2.4
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.2.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Fix some additional cases of VACUUM "No one parent tuple was
       found" error
@@ -1765,12 +1806,12 @@ Contrib
   fixes to prevent possible data loss.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.2.3
+Migration to version 7.2.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.2.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
     * Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info
@@ -1788,12 +1829,12 @@ Contrib
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.2.2
+Migration to version 7.2.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.2.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Allow EXECUTE of "CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT" in PL/pgSQL (Tom)
     * Fix for compressed transaction log id wraparound (Tom)
@@ -1819,12 +1860,12 @@ Contrib
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.2.1
+Migration to version 7.2.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running version 7.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
     * Ensure that sequence counters do not go backwards after a crash
       (Tom)
@@ -1854,7 +1895,7 @@ Contrib
     Release date: 2002-02-04
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Overview
+Overview
   This release improves PostgreSQL for use in high-volume applications.
@@ -1892,7 +1933,7 @@ Contrib
          languages.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 7.2
+Migration to version 7.2
   A dump/restore using "pg_dump" is required for those wishing to
   migrate data from any previous release.
@@ -1921,7 +1962,7 @@ Contrib
   clauses, e.g. LIMIT 10 OFFSET 20.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Server Operation
@@ -2320,12 +2361,12 @@ Contrib
     Release date: 2001-08-15
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.1.3
+Migration to version 7.1.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.X.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Remove unused WAL segements of large transactions (Tom)
 Multiaction rule fix (Tom)
@@ -2347,12 +2388,12 @@ Cygwin build (Jason Tishler)
   This has one fix from 7.1.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.1.2
+Migration to version 7.1.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.X.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Fix PL/pgSQL SELECTs when returning no rows
 Fix for psql backslash core dump
@@ -2369,12 +2410,12 @@ pg_dump cleanups
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.1.1
+Migration to version 7.1.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Fix for numeric MODULO operator (Tom)
 pg_dump fixes (Philip)
@@ -2437,13 +2478,13 @@ Python fixes (Darcy)
          default. Subqueries in FROM are now supported.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 7.1
+Migration to version 7.1
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -2640,12 +2681,12 @@ New FreeBSD tools ipc_check, start-scripts/freebsd
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.0.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.0.3
+Migration to version 7.0.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.0.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Jdbc fixes (Peter)
 Large object fix (Tom)
@@ -2696,12 +2737,12 @@ Fix for crash of backend, on abort (Tom)
   This is a repackaging of 7.0.1 with added documentation.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.0.2
+Migration to version 7.0.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Added documentation to tarball.
@@ -2714,12 +2755,12 @@ Added documentation to tarball.
   This is a cleanup release for 7.0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 7.0.1
+Migration to version 7.0.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Fix many CLUSTER failures (Tom)
 Allow ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes (Tom)
@@ -2780,7 +2821,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
          are available, as are column correlation names.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 7.0
+Migration to version 7.0
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. For those upgrading from
@@ -2811,7 +2852,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
       geometric types.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -3144,12 +3185,12 @@ New multibyte encodings
   PgAccess that was missing in 6.5.2, and installed an NT-specific fix.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 6.5.3
+Migration to version 6.5.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
 NT-specific patch
@@ -3165,12 +3206,12 @@ Fix dumping rules on inherited tables
   of problems reported by 6.5.1 users.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 6.5.2
+Migration to version 6.5.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 subselect+CASE fixes(Tom)
 Add SHLIB_LINK setting for solaris_i386 and solaris_sparc ports(Daren Sefcik)
@@ -3209,12 +3250,12 @@ Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
   of problems reported by 6.5 users.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 6.5.1
+Migration to version 6.5.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Add NT README file
 Portability fixes for linux_ppc, IRIX, linux_alpha, OpenBSD, alpha
@@ -3312,7 +3353,7 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
          CVSup.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 6.5
+Migration to version 6.5
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. pg_upgrade can *not* be
@@ -3358,7 +3399,7 @@ Multiversion Concurrency Control
   referential integrity will be implemented.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -3535,12 +3576,12 @@ New install commands for plpgsql(Jan)
   additional bug fix.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 6.4.2
+Migration to version 6.4.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.4.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
     _________________________________________________________________
@@ -3553,12 +3594,12 @@ Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
   of problems reported by 6.4 users.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                         Migration to version 6.4.1
+Migration to version 6.4.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.4.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Add pg_dump -N flag to force double quotes around identifiers.  This is
        the default(Thomas)
@@ -3631,13 +3672,13 @@ Upgrade to PyGreSQL 2.2(D'Arcy)
       it has ever been.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 6.4
+Migration to version 6.4
   A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those
   wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -3860,7 +3901,7 @@ new Makefile.shlib for shared library configuration(Tom)
   migration instructions for version 6.3.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Configure detection improvements for tcl/tk(Brook Milligan, Alvin)
 Manual page improvements(Bruce)
@@ -3903,7 +3944,7 @@ ASSERT fixes(Bruce)
   migration instructions for version 6.3.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes)
 pg_user cleanup(Bruce)
@@ -4016,13 +4057,13 @@ Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
   using are no longer needed.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 6.3
+Migration to version 6.3
   A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those
   wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -4210,7 +4251,7 @@ Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc()(Bruce)
   notes for instructions.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
+Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
   This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from
   version 6.2, but is required from any release prior to 6.2.
@@ -4228,7 +4269,7 @@ Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc()(Bruce)
   template1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Allow TIME and TYPE column names(Thomas)
 Allow larger range of true/false as boolean values(Thomas)
@@ -4252,7 +4293,7 @@ Trigger function for inserting user names for INSERT/UPDATE(Brook Milligan)
   previous releases of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                 Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
+Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
   This migration requires a complete dump of the 6.1 database and a
   restore of the database in 6.2.
@@ -4261,13 +4302,13 @@ Trigger function for inserting user names for INSERT/UPDATE(Brook Milligan)
   used to dump the 6.1 database.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                 Migration from version 1.x to version 6.2
+Migration from version 1.x to version 6.2
   Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
   because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -4388,14 +4429,14 @@ SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim & D'Arcy)
     Release date: 1997-07-22
     _________________________________________________________________
-                Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1
+Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1
   This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from
   version 6.1, but is required from any release prior to 6.1. Refer to
   the release notes for 6.1 for more details.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 fix for SET with options (Thomas)
 allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
@@ -4456,7 +4497,7 @@ pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
   on my test machine (Linux/gcc/i686).
     _________________________________________________________________
-                          Migration to version 6.1
+Migration to version 6.1
   This migration requires a complete dump of the 6.0 database and a
   restore of the database in 6.1.
@@ -4465,7 +4506,7 @@ pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
   because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -4571,19 +4612,19 @@ DG/UX, Ultrix, IRIX, AIX portability fixes
   previous releases of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                 Migration from version 1.09 to version 6.0
+Migration from version 1.09 to version 6.0
   This migration requires a complete dump of the 1.09 database and a
   restore of the database in 6.0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                   Migration from pre-1.09 to version 6.0
+Migration from pre-1.09 to version 6.0
   Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
   because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -4706,7 +4747,7 @@ Unused/uninialized variables corrected
     Release date: 1996-08-01
     _________________________________________________________________
-               Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
+Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
   Here is a new migration file for 1.02.1. It includes the 'copy' change
   and a script to convert old ASCII files.
@@ -4734,7 +4775,7 @@ Unused/uninialized variables corrected
       present in 1.02. This is not a cause for concern.
     _________________________________________________________________
-                           Dump/Reload Procedure
+Dump/Reload Procedure
   If you are trying to reload a pg_dump or text-mode, copy tablename to
   stdout generated with a previous version, you will need to run the
@@ -4758,7 +4799,7 @@ create operator !~* (leftarg = varchar, rightarg = text, procedure = texticrege
 xne);
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Source code maintenance and development
 * worldwide team of volunteers
@@ -4792,7 +4833,7 @@ New Ports
     Release date: 1996-02-23
     _________________________________________________________________
-                 Migration from version 1.0 to version 1.01
+Migration from version 1.0 to version 1.01
   The following notes are for the benefit of users who want to migrate
   databases from Postgres95 1.0 to Postgres95 1.01.
@@ -4882,7 +4923,7 @@ create operator !~* (leftarg = text, rightarg = text, procedure = texticregexne
 );
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Incompatibilities:
 * 1.01 is backwards compatible with 1.0 database provided the user
@@ -4923,7 +4964,7 @@ Bug fixes:
     Release date: 1995-09-05
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Copyright change:
 * The copyright of Postgres 1.0 has been loosened to be freely modifiable
@@ -4971,7 +5012,7 @@ Bug fixes:
     Release date: 1995-07-21
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Incompatible changes:
 * BETA-0.3 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DATABASES CREATED WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS
@@ -5085,7 +5126,7 @@ New documentation:
     Release date: 1995-05-25
     _________________________________________________________________
-                                  Changes
+Changes
 Incompatible changes:
 * The SQL statement for creating a database is 'CREATE DATABASE' instead

--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.256 2004/03/02 00:38:46 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.257 2004/03/05 19:51:56 momjian Exp $
 -->
 <appendix id="release">
 <title>Release Notes</title>
+  <sect1 id="release-7-4-2">
+   <title>Release 7.4.2</title>
+   <note>
+   <title>Release date</title>
+   <simpara>2004-03-??</simpara>
+   </note>
+   <para>
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.1.
+   </para>
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Migration to version 7.4.2</title>
+    <para>
+     A dump/restore is <emphasis>not</emphasis> required for those
+     running 7.4.X.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+<para>As of 2004-03-02</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Fix problems with ALTER TABLE during concurrent access (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Improve hash build reliability (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix statistics alignment bug that could affect optimizer, initdb required (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Optimizer improvements (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Permission fix for view updates (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Allow non-super users to update pg_settings (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix for multibyte handling in position() (Korea PostgreSQL Users' Group)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various multibyte fixes</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix problem with hitting open file limit, especially on OS X (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Have pg_dump set client encoding on restore (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Allow ecpg to again use C keywords as column names (Michael)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Added ecpg WHENEVER NOT_FOUND to SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE (Michael)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix ecpg crash for queries calling set-returning functions (Michael)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various ecpg fixes (Michael)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fixes for Borland compiler</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Thread build improvements (Bruce)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix for configure --disable-shared support (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various build fixes</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Various jdbc fixes</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+ </sect1>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-1">
   <title>Release 7.4.1</title>