Allow to set box version about macinbox HOT 4 CLOSED

Another problem with the current behavior is that if the box already exists and is built again, the version is incremented automatically to the next integer.
For example, I have built a Catalina box, which creates ~/.vagrant.d/boxes/macinbox/10.15.6 as expected.
But if I then build a newer version of a Catalina box (e.g., because I want to change some build-time default setting, such as --no-gui), then the new box is created under ~/.vagrant.d/boxes/macinbox/11.
This is not only confusing, but creates a potential conflict when we anticipate that to indicate Big Sur.

A workaround is to (re)move the box directory, or to set a custom $VAGRANT_HOME.

But ideally, it should be possible to specify a box version independently of the macOS version, as the issue description already states.

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The current behavior is to automatically use the OS version (e.g. 10.15.6), but if box with that version already exists then the first number is incremented (e.g. to 11, then 12, and 13) until there is no conflict.

I hear a couple of ideas:

• Change the default to be 1.0.0 instead of the OS version
• Allow the version to be set via a command-line tool

But what do people want to happen when there is a conflict? Should the box-creation fail? Should the number be incremented? Should a suffix be added, e.g. 10.15.6-2 (I'm not sure that's a valid Vagrant box version, though)?

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It definitely shouldn't overwrite anything and it can be pretty confusing if the version is automatically incremented. So I would say it should fail if the version already exists.

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options.rb:

DEFAULT_OPTION_VALUES = {
      :box_format      => "vmware_desktop",
      :box_version     => "1.0.0",
      :box_name        => "macinbox",

[...]

o.separator ''
        o.on(      '--box-format FORMAT',  'Format of the box (default: vmware_desktop)')  { |v| @options[:box_format] = v }
        o.on(      '--box-version xx.yy.zz',  'Version string for the box')               { |v| @options[:box_version] = v }

actions/install_box.rb:

def initialize(opts)
        @input_box   = opts[:box_path]   or raise ArgumentError.new(":box_path not specified")

        [...]

        @box_version = opts[:box_version].to_s rescue nil

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