On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 05:12:49AM +0930, Phil Maker wrote:
> FWIW,
>
> I did the backgrade `sysupgrade -f -R 7.8` option
> noting the manual says as you know:
>
> -R version Upgrade to a specific release version.
> Only upgrades from one
> version to the next are tested. Skipping versions may work.
> **Downgrading is unlikely to work.**
>
> But it worked fine so maybe give it a go after backups.
That's encouraging, despite what the manual page says.
> It'd be interesting to know the reasons it commonly fails.
> Configuration files going backwards would make sense, but
> are all the binaries downdated consistently?
After the update, I ran sysmerge, so I kept the previous versions of
the configuration files. In addition, did everything work on your end
without having to revert those files?
Thank you, -- R
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