Man Pages Contradict Each Other!

MySQL & MariaDB Percona XtraBackup
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The xtrabackup 2.4.24 man page says…

If you want a usable full backup, use innobackupex since xtrabackup itself won’t copy table definitions, triggers, or anything else that’s not .ibd.

The innobaxkupex 2.4.24 man page says…

The innobackupex program is deprecated. Please switch to xtrabackup.

Translation: If you want a usable backup, use the deprecated command?

Help.

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Please use xtrabackup to create your backups. Yes, innobackupex is deprecated.

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So, just to be clear, is the man page incorrect where it says, “ xtrabackup itself won’t copy table definitions, triggers, or anything else that’s not .ibd. ” ?

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Yes, it is incorrect. xtrabackup creates complete backups with all necessary files.