Bug#525189: Wishlist: "apt-get install" that understands syntax of Depends, etc fields

[Christian Hudon <chrish@pianocktail.org>]

Package: apt
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

Sometimes, I need to cut and paste the contents of a Depends field (from 
running "dpkg -s", etc.) or from a Build-depend line (from the control 
file of a .deb whose source I just unpacked) to install packages 
required by a package that I downloaded separately. It'd be really nice 
if "apt-get install" understood the syntax of those fields directly 
instead of having to edit the command line to remove all the commas, the 
minimum version requirements, the ORs (with "|") before pressing enter.

Thanks,

 Christian