I have applied this patch that mentions pg_dump portability to 8.1.X and
CVS HEAD.
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+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
Index: pg_dump.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -c -r1.84 pg_dump.sgml
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ensure good performance.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to tranfer data
+ to newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, the output of
+ <application>pg_dump</application> can be loaded into
+ newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. It also can read older
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases. However, it usually cannot
+ read newer <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases or produce dump output
+ that can be loaded into older database versions. To do this, manual
+ editing of the dump file might be required.
+ </para>
+
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="pg-dump-examples">
