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Support specifying the *exact* library folder for a given environment

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#4,990 opened on Oct 7, 2024

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  • Feature Request

I would like to specify the exactly folder for the library dependencies for a given environment. Currently only specifying the parent directory for the group of individual folders is supported. The new folder location would have to be fixed in https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/blob/b537004a75f4985630b5aec19699e48d4d186746/platformio/package/commands/install.py#L223-L230, https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/blob/b537004a75f4985630b5aec19699e48d4d186746/platformio/package/commands/install.py#L270, https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/blob/b537004a75f4985630b5aec19699e48d4d186746/platformio/package/commands/install.py#L314-L316, and probably several other places.

If you could specify the exact location for library dependencies for each environment, it would be easy to share the downloaded dependencies across various environments or projects, solving #4451 without scripting.

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Explore the linked files in platformio/package/commands/install.py around lines 223-230, 270, and 314-316. Understand how library folders are currently resolved per environment. Then design a way to accept a full path override in the platformio.ini configuration, and ensure it integrates with the existing package resolution logic.
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