[MacPorts] #63451: `port search --variant` doesn't find all matching ports

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#63451: `port search --variant` doesn't find all matching ports
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  Reporter:  ShadSterling  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  base          |    Version:  2.7.1
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:                |
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Comment (by ShadSterling):

 That's not mentioned at all in the documentation, but using that the
 results look right.  I'm inclined to use the word-boundary match, e.g.
 `\yphp\d+\y`, is there any other quirk that might make that fail?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/63451#comment:2>
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