[Bug 239498] Upgrade instructions from 11.3 to 12.0 result in break of pkg utility

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            Bug ID: 239498
           Summary: Upgrade instructions from 11.3 to 12.0 result in break
                    of pkg utility
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Website
          Assignee: doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: pablo at pablobm.com

The upgrade process described at
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/installation.html#upgrade breaks the pkg
utility.

To reproduce:

1. Install FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE.
2. Follow the process to upgrade to 12.0-RELEASE as described at
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/installation.html#upgrade
3. After completing the process log back into the newly-upgraded system.
4. Use the pkg utility.

Expected outcome:

* I should be able to install/etc binary packages with pkg.

Actual outcome:

* Error message: `ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libarchive.so.6" not found,
required by "pkg"`

Fix:

* Run `pkg-static install -f pkg` to upgrade the utility without relying on the
removed version of the libarchive library.

Suggestion:

* Mention this at
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/installation.html#upgrade, please :-)

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