maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 246130] ports-mgmt/pkg: variables not expanded (except ABI)

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Bug 246130: ports-mgmt/pkg: variables not expanded (except ABI)
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--- Description ---
According to pkg.conf manual, the following variables are expanded during the
parsing of pkg.conf: ABI, OSNAME, RELEASE, VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, ARCH

Using a variable other than ABI, the expansion is not performed.

poudriere: {
    url: https://xxxx/poudriere/packages/$RELEASE/
}

$ pkg --version
1.14.2

$ pkg update
pkg: https://xxxx/poudriere/packages/$RELEASE//packagesite.txz: Not Found