Thanks for the feedback Laurenz! I will avoid this procedure for my upgrades then.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at> wrote: > On Tue, 2025-09-02 at 15:42 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > In the documentation for pgupgrade > > (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/pgupgrade.html), step 13 gives > > instructions for quickly upgrading standby servers with rsync, and says > that > > it only works if you used link mode. However, step 12 gives the > impression > > that clone mode is very similar to link mode. I think the documentation > for > > step 13 would be improved by explicitly stating whether clone mode is > > compatible with the rsync method or not. > > That would be interesting to know, right. > > But after the slightly frustrating experience that I had when I tried to > improve that section of the documentation [1], I am not sure if it would > be wise to recommend the rsync procedure in more cases. > > The sentence from the thread that stuck in my memory was Robert Haas' > > Also, let me express my general terror at the idea of anyone actually > using this procedure. > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe > > > [1]: > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/22f129004bb66cd91e1dfd3345a9787f5039f3ae.camel%40cybertec.at >
