[Bug 288436] bsdinstall bootstraps pkg to install firmware but pkg is already available

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=288436

            Bug ID: 288436
           Summary: bsdinstall bootstraps pkg to install firmware but pkg
                    is already available
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: emaste@freebsd.org

scripts/firmware installs firmware via `ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=YES chroot
$BSDINSTALL_CHROOT pkg install -qy ${fw}`, which ends up bootstrapping pkg
because it does not yet exist within the chroot.

As part of installer pkgbase work we have a /usr/sbin/pkg available, used for
installing the base system packages. It could be used for installing firmware
packages as well.

The benefit of making this change is that it can help avoid a failure case
where Wi-Fi firmware does not get installed due to a transient network failure,
and then there's no way to recover.

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