From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:09:59 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: doc:  clarify major/minor pg_upgrade versions with examples
X-Git-Tag: REL_10_2~14
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b2e6dfeacfdcf493073c8a7e7deadd34e4d5ea03;p=postgresql

doc:  clarify major/minor pg_upgrade versions with examples

The previous docs added in PG 10 were not clear enough for someone who
didn't understand the PG 10 version change, so give more specific
examples.

Reported-by: jim@room118solutions.com

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20171218213041.25744.8414@wrigleys.postgresql.org

Backpatch-through: 10
---

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
index 841d97c3ec..302e543e42 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
   <application>pg_upgrade</> (formerly called <application>pg_migrator</>) allows data
   stored in <productname>PostgreSQL</> data files to be upgraded to a later <productname>PostgreSQL</>
   major version without the data dump/reload typically required for
-  major version upgrades, e.g. from 9.6.3 to the current major release
-  of <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  It is not required for minor version upgrades, e.g. from
-  9.6.2 to 9.6.3.
+  major version upgrades, e.g. from 9.5.8 to 9.6.4 or from 10.7 to 11.2.
+  It is not required for minor version upgrades, e.g. from 9.6.2 to 9.6.3
+  or from 10.1 to 10.2.
  </para>
 
  <para>