During installation, you'll see a message saying : --- I can install a shortcut so you can use the package 'DDS' as though it was 'Data::Dump::Streamer'. This is handy for oneliners. *Note* that if you select 'no' below and you already have it installed then it will be removed. Would you like me to install the shortcut? (yes/no) --- And installers that don't permit user input simply result in this defaulting as 'No'. A preferred option would be having this controlled by USE="" , and this installer has provisions for this by injecting a .answer file into the build environment. I've built an ebuild that works for me in the perl-experimental overlay, that includes basic modifications to the .ebuild and metadata.xml to support this. http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/perl-overlay.git;a=tree;f=dev-perl/Data-Dump-Streamer;hb=0f91a567abaf8047eafdb2663d8985a594dd7694 ebuild: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/perl-overlay.git;a=blob;f=dev-perl/Data-Dump-Streamer/Data-Dump-Streamer-2.250-r1.ebuild;h=f5ba3bdc489b7557c54b76a9be5782ac36832455;hb=0f91a567abaf8047eafdb2663d8985a594dd7694 metadata.xml: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/perl-overlay.git;a=blob;f=dev-perl/Data-Dump-Streamer/metadata.xml;h=34f2d611dbf6546445f9a4b40ddc05eae446fb7b;hb=0f91a567abaf8047eafdb2663d8985a594dd7694 Thanks.
Forgotten about this bugreport: dev-perl/Data-Dump-Streamer-2.310 always installs the DDS shortcut. Saved one useflag.
