| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "alexey(dot)shishkin(at)enterprisedb(dot)com" <alexey(dot)shishkin(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: clarification for pg_basebackup and major versions |
| Date: | 2025-12-31 13:34:22 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwa15OzTjrv5WE+K1BsHipHP1QSosSG=uQvgdq6SVW1JsQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Monday, December 29, 2025, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
wrote:
>
> - to clarify how pg_basebackup works with servers of the same or older
> major
> version
There is no “how”, it just does. The documentation is versioned and “it”
means the binary produced by that version.
> - to clearly specify pg_basebackup cannot be used for PostgreSQL major
> version upgrade
The page clearly states what a backup can be used for and upgrade is not
listed.
David J.
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