[MacPorts] #15434: RFE: port search should search name, description and long_description

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#15434: RFE: port search should search name, description and long_description
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  Reporter:  raimue@…             |       Owner:  raimue@…           
      Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  reopened           
  Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:  MacPorts 1.7.1     
 Component:  base                 |     Version:  1.6.0              
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Comment(by andrew@…):

 This sort of search problem is rather common. My suggestion would be to
 add options for perl-like '''regular expression''' searching, as well as
 the --name, --description, and --long_description options.

 That way, if searching for TeX, you can use

 {{{
 port search --rexexp "/\btex\b/i"
 }}}

 to search, case-insensitively, for TeX on a word boundary.

 Just my $0.02 - and at the current Canada to US exchange rate, it may not
 be worth much... :-)

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15434#comment:11>
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