Bug 346275

Summary:	Emerge should support shorthand.
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	dE <de.techno>
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description dE 2010-11-21 09:30:04 UTC

Emerge should support shorthand notions for addition, removal and other actions on packages, this is completely suited with the current nature of emerge (it takes no action or switch to install packages), e.g to install wine 1.0, recoll and remove gcc-3.1, dvdisaster at the same time - 

emerge =wine-1.0+ recoll+ =gcc-3.1- dvdisaster-

Other things might include addition of stuff to the world file - 
Add to world file -

emerge recoll!M

remove from world file - 

emerge recoll!m

Option to build a binary pkg during compilation - 

=gcc-4.4.5!b

Build a binary package off the installation package - 

gcc!B

This thought has been inspired from aptitude.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2011-08-13 14:40:22 UTC

We could re-use the !atom blocker syntax for removals.

Comment 2 dE 2011-08-13 15:48:03 UTC

That's your wish.