Re: pg_basebackup, manifests and backends older than ~12

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 07:04:20PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> I agree, I think forcing users to specify --no-manifest when run on old
>> servers will cause users to write bad scripts; I vote for silently
>> disabling checksums.

> Okay, thanks.  Are there any other opinions?

FWIW, I concur with silently disabling the feature if the source
server can't support it.

            regards, tom lane