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eXist-db 4.7.1

by admin at 2019/08/13 at 23:15:36 z
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v4.7.1 - August 13, 2019

This is a bug fix release addressing some important issues.

Bug Fixes

  • Disable a bad XQuery optimization affecting multi-step path expressions like /a/b//c[d = 123] with descendant axis step and range index defined on c. The main optimizations will still work.
  • Java admin client kept files up to 64M in memory, resulting in out of memory errors during backup/restore. Limit the max size to 4M
  • Fix for macOS startup without Oracle JDK 8
  • eXist was leaking file handles when loading XQuery modules from an expath package
  • Fix unattended installation, enable configurable data directory
  • Java Admin Client should be able to change logged in account password via XML:DB Remote and re-connect
  • Fix a couple of issues in LDAP

Backwards Compatibility

eXist-db 4.7.1 is binary compatible with the 4.7.0, 4.6.1 and 4.6.0 versions of eXist-db. Users who are upgrading should always consult the Upgrading Guide in the documentation.

Downloading this Version

  • eXist-db v4.7.1 is available for download from GitHub.
  • Docker images for are available from eXist-db's DockerHub.
  • Maven artifacts are available from our mvn-repo.
  • Mac users of the Homebrew package repository may acquire eXist 4.7.1 directly from there via. the exist-db cask.