hello. i think my port cannot recognize my variants.conf file. here is result: my variants.conf ---- Cocoa:/opt/local/etc/ports jenix$ cat variants.conf sdlkfjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkj +ncurses +multibyte ---- sdlkfjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkj <- this is for testing .. and port run result ---- Cocoa:/opt/local/etc/ports jenix$ sudo port -vd installed vim Warning: /opt/local/etc/ports/variants.conf specifies invalid variant syntax 'sdlkfjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkj', ignored. The following ports are currently installed: vim @7.0.178_0+multibyte+ncurses (active) when i try to installed command, variants.conf seems to work.. (as you can see "invalid variant syntax...") but, when i run install command, there is no request or error about my variants file.. port install run result ---- Cocoa:/opt/local/etc/ports jenix$ sudo port -vd install vim Warning: /opt/local/etc/ports/variants.conf specifies invalid variant syntax 'sdlkfjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkj', ignored. DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/editors/vim DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/editors/vim DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port vim. DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port vim. DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port vim. DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.main (vim) DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.unarchive (vim) ---- there is just powerpc, darwin, macosx variants.. where are the others? anybody has idea? please help me.. thank you!