[Bug 226893] freebsd-update supporting explicit patch-level for fetch+upgrade

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=226893

            Bug ID: 226893
           Summary: freebsd-update supporting explicit patch-level for
                    fetch+upgrade
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: 482254ac at razorfever.net

Created attachment 191785
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=191785&action=edit
Adds support for TAG_OVERRIDE environment variable

Attached is a proof-of-concept for specifying a patch level for freebsd-update.

This is desirable so that users can have a repeatable installation, update and
upgrade process that is supported by the FreeBSD project, and doesn't require
many additional supporting infrastructure on the user's part.

As it is right now, users will either need to:

- run their own build/freebsd-update server infrastructure
- run some kind of mirror (unsupported)
- manipulate the update data in /var/db/freebsd-update (unsupported)
- patch freebsd-update

A desirable outcome would be a documented command line usage that would allow
to specify the patch level in a user friendly fashion when issuing either
freebsd-update -r WHATEVER upgrade, or freebsd-update fetch.  For example:

  freebsd-update -r 11.1-RELEASE -p4 upgrade

  freebsd-update -p4 fetch

This will allow systems administrators to upgrade at a cadence that makes sense
for their organization, or scripts to build repeatable images, while still
using the binaries provided by the FreeBSD project.

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