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authorDaniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>2025-03-04 12:08:27 +0100
committerDaniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>2025-03-04 12:08:27 +0100
commit56e6a3186885c726bbbff89eaec0b2fa077d0a9a (patch)
tree4bd87935e26f5c83f9bac9d9889f5b9ad7299314
parentbc5a08af3c44b4529d5dba5e26755e8cfbb0d3c7 (diff)
doc: Expand version compatibility for pg_basebackup features
This updates the paragraph on backwards compatitibility for server features to include --incremental which only works on servers with v17 or newer. Backpatch down to v17 where incremental backup was added. Author: David G. Johnston <David.G.Johnston@Gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKFQuwZYfZyeTkS3g2Ovw84TsxHa796xnf-u5kfgn_auyxZk0Q@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 17
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index ad36166c685..95b9b302e95 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -1005,10 +1005,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
<application>pg_basebackup</application> works with servers of the same
- or an older major version, down to 9.1. However, WAL streaming mode (<literal>-X
- stream</literal>) only works with server version 9.3 and later, and tar format
+ or older major version, down to 9.1. However, WAL streaming mode (<literal>-X
+ stream</literal>) only works with server version 9.3 and later, the tar format
(<literal>--format=tar</literal>) only works with server version 9.5
- and later.
+ and later, and incremental backup (<literal>--incremental</literal>) only works
+ with server version 17 and later.
</para>
<para>