[Bug 285194] [patch] ports-mgmt/pkg: IGNORE_OSVERSION inappropriate for minor version mismatch

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285194

            Bug ID: 285194
           Summary: [patch] ports-mgmt/pkg: IGNORE_OSVERSION inappropriate
                    for minor version mismatch
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: pkg@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bugzilla.freebsd@omnilan.de
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(pkg@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: pkg@FreeBSD.org

Created attachment 258349
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=258349&action=edit
Introduce MINOR_OSVER_CONFIRM option

If we compile ports on stable branch, packages created by pkg(1) show
Annotations    :
        FreeBSD_version: __FreeBSD_version
which increases for each base API change, while ABI compatibility is strictly
maintained throughout the branch (fixed major OS version).

pkg(1) checks for th OS version mismatch before installing a package, but
currently doesn't allow to catch MAJOR version mismatches only, which is the
only necessary check.

In my opinion, the default to not install a package with a minor version
mismatch is wrong and the IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes option is not an appropriate
setting to allow minor version mismatches.

To keep the old behaviour, my proposed patch, introducing the
MINOR_OSVER_CONFIRM config option, keeps the confirmation dialog for minor
version mismatches, but defaults to install the package.
Defining MINOR_OSVER_CONFIRM=no doesn't completely skip the OSVERSION check as
IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes does, hence major (thus problematic) mismatch will be
catched.

I'd prefer to have MINOR_OSVER_CONFIRM=no as the default, contrary to what the
patch currently defines!

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