Re: Docs for pg_basebackup needs v17 note for incremental backup

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Docs for pg_basebackup needs v17 note for incremental backup
Date: 2025-02-07 09:22:34
Message-ID: 202502070922.j27gbvccpby5@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Jan-13, David G. Johnston wrote:

> Hackers,
>
> Should the following paragraph in the docs be modified to point out minimum
> server version of v17 for incremental backups?
>
> pg_basebackup works with servers of the same or an older major version,
> down to 9.1. However, WAL streaming mode (-X stream) only works with server
> version 9.3 and later, and tar format (--format=tar) only works with server
> version 9.5 and later.

Yes, absolutely.

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Álvaro Herrera 48°01'N 7°57'E — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/

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