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Authored by zlei on May 22 2024, 1:59 AM.
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Summary

On system without pkg(8) installed, command -v pkg will return success
and falsely report pkg(8) is present. Fix that by checking via pkg -N
form.

This is missed from final revision of D39695.

Reported by: delphij
Fixes: bc0c6c9cf3a9 freebsd-update: Add check for kernel modules

Test Plan

Test freebsd-update upgrade on system w/o pkg(8) installed.

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