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[Artem Loenko]

Hello,

I am in the same boat (and have switched from HomeBrew to MacPorts a few weeks ago, so, maybe I am wrong). 

MacPorts as a tool works just fine on Macs with Apple Silicon, but many ports are “broken” and have to be fixed. Most of them just do not compile for `arm64`, and it is not MacPorts fault, some - do not compile due to MacPorts configuration (rare cases). So far, as far as I understand, the best course of action is to report all broken ports to the MacPorts tracker and to developers of the tool that does not compile for `arm64` arch. For example, this is a ticket about broken Neovim (https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61550 <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61550>), but it does not compile due to issues on the NeoVim side (that’s why I started a discussion with them (https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/13399 <https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/13399>).

I use the following `make` target to install MacPorts on Apple Silicon or you can just download the package from the site (https://www.macports.org/install.php <https://www.macports.org/install.php>):

```
macports: ## Install/Upgrade MacPorts
ifeq (, $(shell which port))
	$(eval TEMP_PKG := $(shell mktemp -t macports).pkg)
	curl --silent --output $(TEMP_PKG) --remote-name https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.6.4_1-11-BigSur.pkg 
	sudo installer -pkg $(TEMP_PKG) -target /
	rm -Rf $(TEMP_PKG)
endif
	sudo port selfupdate
```

Most of the tools I use just work:

```
The following ports are currently installed:
  autoconf @2.69_5 (active)
  automake @1.16.3_0 (active)
  carthage @0.35.0_0 (active)
  fish @3.1.2_0 (active)
  fzf @0.24.3_0 (active)
  gettext @0.19.8.1_2 (active)
  icu @67.1_2 (active)
  ninja @1.10.1_0 (active)
  tig @2.5.1_0+doc (active)
  tmux @3.1c_0 (active)
``

Regards,
Artem

> On 27 Nov 2020, at 15:37, Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:27 AM Giovanni Cantele
> <giovanni.cantele at spin.cnr.it> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,.
>> 
>> I’m searching the web but I cannot find any response to the following question:
>> 
>> is there any ongoing project for porting the whole macports staff on the new Apple silicon architecture?
>> What happens to those who extensively make use of macports and have bought the recent released MacBook Pro running on the new processors?
> 
> There are several recent threads about support of the latest hardware
> and software at:
> 
>  * https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2020-November/thread.html
> 
> I understand Macports is working through the issues as they encounter
> them during testing before a release.
> 
> I'm guessing it is a bigger task than just supporting a new OS release.
> 
> Jeff

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