port search fails on some port names

[rhwood@…]

If searching for any package with '++' in its name, port fails.

Getafix:~/Sites rhwood$ port installed libxml++2 The following ports are currently installed:

libxml++2 2.10.0_0 (active)

Getafix:~/Sites rhwood$ port search libxml++2 port search failed: couldn't compile regular expression pattern: quantifier operand invalid Getafix:~/Sites rhwood$ port search libsigc+ libsigc++ devel/libsigc++ 1.2.7 C++ signal callback system libsigc++1 devel/libsigc++1 1.0.4 C++ callback system (version 1.0.x) libsigc++2 devel/libsigc++2 2.0.16 C++ signal callback system Getafix:~/Sites rhwood$ port version Version: 1.012

[pguyot (Paul Guyot)]

* This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1580 *