Docs for pg_basebackup needs v17 note for incremental backup

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-01-14T03:13:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgbasebackup.html

David J.

Commits

  1. doc: Expand version compatibility for pg_basebackup features