Re: pkg/56586: Support keeping worklog of succeeded packages in pbulk

[manphiz <manphiz%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 8:05 PM Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 07:54:47PM -0800, manphiz wrote:
> > Joerg, what you insisted got me curious about the "keep_wrkdir" flag
> > whose effect can also be achieved by what you suggested but is somehow
> > supported in pbulk.
>
> The difference is that debugging a broken build using the wrkdir is
> *very* common. Before I run out of time working on those things, most of
> the time I didn't even bother to extract the distfiles and build patches
> directly from the saved work directory.

Exactly my purpose here: to save time and work on the problem instead
of waiting for another rebuild.

> Like I said, every single time
> that I had to debug a problem with a successful build, I wanted to have
> a full interactive build anyway.
>
> Joerg

For my use cases I don't need a full interactive build, just the build
log is enough and even better if I can get it earlier.