[Bug 286528] bsdinstall: bootonly.iso fails to install pkgbase

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=286528

            Bug ID: 286528
           Summary: bsdinstall: bootonly.iso fails to install pkgbase
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Keywords: pkgbase
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: emaste@freebsd.org

Attempting to perform a pkgbase install from the bootonly image failed with:
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[Abort]
Installation of base system packages failed

An installation step has been aborted. Would you like
to restart the installation or exit the installer?

[Restart] [Exit]
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Image: FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-amd64-20250501-f676c13d4226-276914-bootonly.iso.xz

Looking at the debug output (ttyv3) I see `pkg: failed to extract pkg-static:
Failed to create dir '/usr/local/sbin'`

I see that pkgbase script invokes `os.execute("pkg -N > /dev/null 2>&1")` to
check if pkg is available, but pkg -N also returns error if no packages exist
(prints `pkg: package database non-existent`)

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