How safe is it to use recovery of 4.5.0.24 for 4.5.0.25?

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#1

Hi,

before upgrading to 4.6, I want to make a full image backup of my current system running 4.5.0.25. But I only have a recovery image of 4.5.0.24. Is it safe to use the 4.5.0.24 recovery image for my 4.5.0.25 system?

#2

100% safe. It works OK even with 4.6.

#3

Thanks! So it also boots when I reflash the normal 4.5.0.24 boot image after recovery?

#4

I haven’t tested older hybris-boot.img because I didn’t need to (the latest one works fine). I had to use the older recovery with 4.6 because the 4.6 one didn’t work for me.

#5

… to 4.5.0.25: Yes, definitely, because SailfishOS 4.5.0.24 and 4.5.0.25 are exactly the same, only the licence was altered.

P.S.: In general one can handle SailfishOS releases a.b.c.x as “the same” with regard to the recovery image, when a.b.c is the same. Corner cases are extremely unlikely but may theoretically exist.

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#6

Thank you both for your help!