Tom Lane wrote:
Is this acceptable to everyone?  We could name the option
-u/--upgrade-compatible.

If the switch is specifically for pg_upgrade support (enabling this as
well as any other hacks we find necessary), which seems like a good
idea, then don't chew up a short option letter for it.  There should be
a long form only.

Note that pg_dump's output is already upgrade compatible. That's what pg_dump is often used for after all. I believe what we are after here is something like "in-place upgrade compatible" or "upgrade binary compatible".

And probably not even list it in the user documentation.

I think we should still list it somewhere and say it is for use by in-place upgrade utilities. It will only confuse people if it is not documented at all.

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