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To: alexey.shishkin@enterprisedb.com <alexey.shishkin@enterprisedb.com>
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: clarification for pg_basebackup and major versions
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:34:22 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwa15OzTjrv5WE+K1BsHipHP1QSosSG=uQvgdq6SVW1JsQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Monday, December 29, 2025, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.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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