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
