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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2021-04-01 21:17:24 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2021-04-01 21:17:24 -0400 |
| commit | ab88525ad29cc23f99eb615258621caadbb5127e (patch) | |
| tree | b35d2af2e3006dbb42b7855e8cc00880bed99305 | |
| parent | 2c9b857afbcf5c563d84824d32cd55e167ae0f6d (diff) | |
doc: mention that intervening major releases can be skipped
Also mention that you should read the intervening major releases notes.
This change was also applied to the website.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210330144949.GA8259@momjian.us
Backpatch-through: 9.6
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index c67bda61bea..5d77f2714d5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1738,9 +1738,9 @@ $ <userinput>kill -INT `head -1 /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`</userinput incompatibilities, so application programming changes might be required. All user-visible changes are listed in the release notes (<xref linkend="release">); pay particular attention to the section - labeled "Migration". If you are upgrading across several major - versions, be sure to read the release notes for each intervening - version. + labeled "Migration". Though you can upgrade from one major version + to another without upgrading to intervening versions, you should read + the major release notes of all intervening versions. </para> <para> |