Re: sysupgrade issue

On 8/21/26 4:54 PM, Sonic wrote:
> Getting:
> "Downloaded snapshot is older than installed system. Use -f to force downgrade."
> When doing sysupgrade -s.
> Currently at:
> OpenBSD 8.0-beta (GENERIC.MP) #103: Fri Aug 21 11:39:58 MDT 2026
> Build date: 1787334687 - Fri Aug 21 17:51:27 UTC 2026
> 
> Was an update pulled? Anything to worry about? Should I force a
> downgrade or just wait and let it resolve itself?
> 
> Thank you.

I'm not claiming my memory is accurate here -- but I think that you get that
same message if you try to sysupgrade to the SAME version.

amd64/bsd.mp on my mirror is showing the same date and build number as yours.

I see one other update that came through today which just so happened to get
snagged by the archive before this one, and it was older.  So I see no
evidence of a "pulled" snapshot (or it got distributed, then pulled before I
ever saw it which is possible, but not likely).

IF you have reason to reinstall the same snapshot, use the -f.
If you are looking for a newer snapshot, wait until tomorrow, perhaps?

(for what it is worth, I generally do a sysupgrade -ks for two reasons: 1)
I can see what was there before.  2) when my /home runs out of disk space,
I have a quick few hundred MB I can clear out before getting serious about
cleanup.)

Nick.