[Mingw-cross-env-list] Feature request: option to keep (and reuse) the tmp-<pkgname> directory

[Bart van Andel]

Hi,

I'd like to see an option to disable the automated deletion of the tmp-<pkgname> directory, and possibly also enable its reuse, when it exists. This has some advantages e.g. for preparing new .mk files:

(1) Unpacking the archive is only needed once.

(2) Different options for e.g. configure can be tried within the tmp-<pkgname> directory quicker because of (1).

(3) In general, it makes debugging / tuning a package easier since all the files are kept even if the build completes successfully.

This could be triggered with an environment variable, e.g.

MINGW_CROSS_ENV_KEEP_TMP=1

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Bart