Re: Always bump PG_CONTROL_VERSION?

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Always bump PG_CONTROL_VERSION?
Date: 2021-05-12 19:34:12
Message-ID: 20210512193412.mcmpq5bjtcrp25ir@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-05-12 14:58:11 -0400, David Steele wrote:
> pgBackRest uses PG_CONTROL_VERSION to identify the version of PostgreSQL
> when it is not running. If PG_CONTROL_VERSION does not change from a prior
> version then we also use CATALOG_VERSION_NO to uniquely identify the
> version.

Why aren't you using PG_VERSION?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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