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# E.178. Release 6.1.1

> Release date: 1997-07-22

## E.178.1. 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.

## E.178.2. Changes

    fix for SET with options (Thomas)
    allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
    new psql \connect option allows changing usernames without changing databases
    fix for initdb --debug option(Yoshihiko Ichikawa))
    lextest cleanup(Bruce)
    hash fixes(Vadim)
    fix date/time month boundary arithmetic(Thomas)
    fix timezone daylight handling for some ports(Thomas, Bruce, Tatsuo)
    timestamp overhauled to use standard functions(Thomas)
    other code cleanup in date/time routines(Thomas)
    psql's \d now case-insensitive(Bruce)
    psql's backslash commands can now have trailing semicolon(Bruce)
    fix memory leak in psql when using \g(Bruce)
    major fix for endian handling of communication to server(Thomas, Tatsuo)
    Fix for Solaris assembler and include files(Yoshihiko Ichikawa)
    allow underscores in usernames(Bruce)
    pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)

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