./configure should accept an argument --with-packages=... so that a user can request a list of packages to be installed.

One could consider to have sage -i edit config.status (ac_cs_config) whenever a package is installed.

Also there should be an argument --ignored-installed-packages so that the contents of $SAGE_LOCAL/var/lib/sage/installed is ignored by configure. This is may be useful to ensure predictable builds.

See also: #21700 - crucial to get all dependencies of all optional packages right, because we no longer can tell the user to "first install this, then install that".

Component: build: configure

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21538