12.3-RC1 fails to install pkg

Not sure if this is intended or not - it certainly wasn't the case
with 12.2, and it likely will break a few automated deploys:


# ls -la pkg*
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  4011616 Nov 17 17:52 pkg-1.17.2.pkg
# pkg add /tmp/vb/pkg-1.17.2.pkg < /dev/null
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Please set ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes environment variable [etc.etc.]


Okay, lets try that one:

# pkg add -y /tmp/vb/pkg-1.17.2.pkg < /dev/null
Bootstrapping pkg from https://oper-e.intra.daemon.contact/sysimg/ports/conr/Cur, please wait...
pkg: Error fetching https://oper-e.intra.daemon.contact/sysimg/ports/conr/Cur/Latest/pkg.txz: Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
Consider changing PACKAGESITE or installing it from ports: 'ports-mgmt/pkg'.


Not good. Not at all.

But then:

# pwd
/tmp/vb
# pkg add pkg-1.17.2.pkg < /dev/null
Installing pkg-1.17.2...
Extracting pkg-1.17.2: 100%


So, it *can* still do it. It just does no longer accept an (absolute
or relative) pathname.

And I have no idea what that might be good for. Any clues, anybody?


cheerio,
PMc