[MacPorts] #39185: Bad practice

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#39185: Bad practice
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 Reporter:  jozef.mojzis@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.1.3
 Keywords:                  |       Port:  ImageMagick
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 When the /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf containing the +perl, the
 ImageMagick stops with error:

 `Error: org.macports.configure for port ImageMagick returned: The +perl
 variant is no longer used; use the separate p5-perlmagick port instead.`

 Yes, i know the workaround, remove the "+perl" from the variants.conf,
 bulld ImageMagick a add the +perl again into variants.conf.

 But this is an Bad Design. The variants.conf should accept ANY VALID
 +thing, e.g. +perl too, and the ImageMagick SHOULD IGNORE it if does'nt
 support the given +variant -- like any other port.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39185>
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