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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 10:22:34 +0100
From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Docs for pg_basebackup needs v17 note for incremental backup
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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/