On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:22 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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