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sideload: add --reinstall argument

Jacopo Mondi requested to merge jmondi/pmbootstrap:jmondi/sideload-reinstall into master

I have noticed that 'apk add' does not force-reinstall a package. I tried removing a file installed by a package (on the target) and run sideload again, but the file I had deleted was not restored.

I assume apk skip re-installing packages already installed.

Assuming my understanding is correct, my rather trivial solution is to run 'apk del' + 'apk add' to force-reinstall a package.

This MR adds a --reinstall option to pmbootstrap sideload to do exactly that.

Happy to learn if there are more educated ways to obtain the same.

Thanks j

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