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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 majo= r
version

There is no =E2=80=9Chow=E2=80=9D, = it just does.=C2=A0 The documentation is versioned and =E2=80=9Cit=E2=80=9D= means the binary produced by that version.
=C2=A0
- to clearly specify pg_basebackup cannot be used for PostgreSQL major
version upgrade

The page clearly states wha= t a backup can be used for and upgrade is not listed.

<= div>David J.

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