[8.0](backport #30746) Ignore bugfix version when running version compatibility check against Elasticsearch

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	modified:   CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
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x-pack/auditbeat-lint - make -C x-pack/auditbeat check;make -C x-pack/auditbeat update;make -C aud

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• Description: make -C x-pack/auditbeat check;make -C x-pack/auditbeat update;make -C auditbeat check;make -C auditbeat update;make check-no-changes;

x-pack/filebeat-lint - make -C x-pack/filebeat check;make -C x-pack/filebeat update;make -C filebe

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• Description: make -C x-pack/filebeat check;make -C x-pack/filebeat update;make -C filebeat check;make -C filebeat update;make check-no-changes;

x-pack/functionbeat-lint - make -C x-pack/functionbeat check;make -C x-pack/functionbeat update;ma

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• Description: make -C x-pack/functionbeat check;make -C x-pack/functionbeat update;make check-no-changes;

x-pack/heartbeat-lint - make -C x-pack/heartbeat check;make -C x-pack/heartbeat update;make -C hea

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• Description: make -C x-pack/heartbeat check;make -C x-pack/heartbeat update;make -C heartbeat check;make -C heartbeat update;make check-no-changes;

x-pack/libbeat-lint - make -C x-pack/libbeat check;make -C x-pack/libbeat update;make check-no-cha

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• Description: make -C x-pack/libbeat check;make -C x-pack/libbeat update;make check-no-changes;

x-pack/metricbeat-lint - make -C x-pack/metricbeat check;make -C x-pack/metricbeat update;make -C

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• Description: make -C x-pack/metricbeat check;make -C x-pack/metricbeat update;make -C metricbeat check;make -C metricbeat update;make check-no-changes;

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• Description: make -C packetbeat check;make -C packetbeat update;make check-no-changes;

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