Re: how do I downgrade from 11-current to 10-stable

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 1:01 AM, Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen_at_fabiankeil.de
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist_at_alogt.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 30 May 2015 05:52:56 -0400
> > > Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My desktop machine is 11-current and I want to down grade it to
> > > > 10-stable how do I do this without needing a reinstall?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I did this several times from sources. Be aware of one problem which
> > > could be fatal. If you created a encrypted partition with GELI and you
> > > downgrade, the older version might not be able to handle the encryption
> > > of the newer version. This is not mentioned in the documentation.
> >
> > The "[h]ighest GELI metadata version supported by the given
> > FreeBSD version" is documented in geli(8)'s history section.
> >
> > Fabian
> >
>
> Unfortunately the list ends at 9.0. It would be nice if it could be
> updated. I might sift through SVN and see if I can put together a patch for
> 10.2. It is quite likely that the version has not changed since 9.0.
>

Already done and no problem with NFS or fstab or any other disk related
stuff (mergemaster -FUi does wonders)
-- 
Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org