doc: Expand version compatibility for pg_basebackup features
authorDaniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:08:27 +0000 (12:08 +0100)
committerDaniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:08:27 +0000 (12:08 +0100)
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 <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKFQuwZYfZyeTkS3g2Ovw84TsxHa796xnf-u5kfgn_auyxZk0Q@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 17

doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml

index ad36166c6850e2a5d0623cd0067442413c0400a8..95b9b302e950ebcc21565044d08d0d67915f8bb1 100644 (file)
@@ -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>