From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 16:20:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention version portability of pg_dump.
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Mention version portability of pg_dump.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 99afb5cc4c..2134f22f0c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -642,6 +642,17 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
    ensure good performance.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to tranfer data
+   to newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, the output of
+   <application>pg_dump</application> can be loaded into
+   newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  It also can read older
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases.  However, it usually cannot
+   read newer <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases or produce dump output
+   that can be loaded into older database versions.  To do this, manual
+   editing of the dump file might be required.
+  </para>
+
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1 id="pg-dump-examples">