[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 ryandesign):

 Replying to [comment:2 ShadSterling]:
 > That's not mentioned at all in the documentation, but using that the
 results look right.

 The documentation can always use improvement.

 > I'm inclined to use the word-boundary match, e.g. `\yphp\d+\y`, is there
 any other quirk that might make that fail?

 I wasn't familiar with `\y` but using that instead of `(^|\s)` and
 `($|\s)` does seem to give the same result and is certainly simpler. I
 must remember to use `\y` in the future.

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