Robert, In addition, did everything work on your end without having to revert those files?
Yes, but the time period was close to the 7.8 release so I guess? its proportional to the change in the system and ... On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM Robert Alessi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Phil Maker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> <https://a-star-microgrid.com>, <https://iesconnect.net> phone: +61 (0) 439 223 469 TZ +9h30m
