On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:22 AM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> Yeah, seems pretty pointless. You can just copy the data directory
> directly and get the same effect. pg_upgrade basically does a data
> directory copy plus some extra stuff to convert the system catalogs
> between versions, and if you don't need that second part, you might as
> well do the first part directly.
Agree on everything, but I was curious, since users sometime find ways
to do things that are almost insane!
Thanks,
Luca