for all active branches of the PostgreSQL object-relational database system,
including versions 9.1.1, 9.0.5, 8.4.9, 8.3.16 and 8.2.22.
All users are strongly urged to update their installations at the next
scheduled downtime.
URL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1355
Cleanup ports. Better handling of the knob PG_USER.
Also add uuid to 9.0 and 9.1 contrib ports.
[1] Fix problem installing from package.
[2] Use DISTVERSION instead of PORTVERSION.
(the port reports now correct version 8.3.r2)
[2] Enable more 8.3 features:
- Add OPTION for the new XML data type (default: enabled)
- Add OPTION for usage of system timezone data (default: included tzdata)
PR: ports/119770 [1], ports/119561 [2]
Submitted by: Artis Caune [1], Martin Matuska [2]
This includes a bunch of security fixes: CVE-2007-6067, CVE-2007-4772,
CVE-2007-6601, CVE-2007-6600 and CVE-2007-4769.
Security: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905
Note that none of these ports are (yet) hooked into the tree,
and will not compile unless you set a specific environmental
variable. This should be warning enough to leave well alone
for now :)
Submitted by: maintainer
