From 1817706fbabde7ab0369564f054527e29e9be2b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:30:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note suggesting that users should use the newer version
of pg_dump to perform upgrades, and cleanup some nearby text. Patch from
Robert Treat, editorializing by Neil Conway.
---
doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index af06249203a..f2c06c8b2af 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.47 2004/08/29 21:08:47 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.48 2004/09/30 10:30:10 neilc Exp $
-->
<chapter id="backup">
<title>Backup and Restore</title>
@@ -950,13 +950,17 @@ restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p'
storage formats. For example, releases 7.0.1, 7.1.2, and 7.2 are
not compatible, whereas 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 are. When you update
between compatible versions, you can simply replace the executables
- and reuse the data area on disk. Otherwise you need to
- <quote>back up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new
- server, using <application>pg_dump</>. (There are checks in place
- that prevent you from doing the wrong thing, so no harm can be done
- by confusing these things.) The precise installation procedure is
- not the subject of this section; those details are in <xref
- linkend="installation">.
+ and reuse the data area on disk. Otherwise you need to <quote>back
+ up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new server, using
+ <application>pg_dump</>. There are checks in place that prevent you
+ from using a data area with an incompatible version of
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, so no harm can be done by
+ confusing these things. It is recommended that you use the
+ <application>pg_dump</> program from the newer version of
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> to take advantage of any enhancements in
+ <application>pg_dump</> that may have been made. The precise
+ installation procedure is not the subject of this section; those
+ details are in <xref linkend="installation">.
</para>
<para>
--
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