Re: Docs for pg_basebackup needs v17 note for incremental backup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

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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