[Bug 190660] freebsd-update(8) erroneous message when "fetch install" used

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190660

--- Comment #6 from Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> ---
> The real question here is, should `install` return 0 or 1 (currently 1) if
> there's nothing to install?

In my opinion doing nothing when there's nothing to install is not an error, so
should return 0.

It would be nice to omit the "Run '/usr/sbin/freebsd-update fetch' first."
message when run as a a single freebsd-update invocation. The "no updates"
messages are still accurate and fine, IMO.

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