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Re: pg_upgrade as a way of cloning an instance?

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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





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