port install -s -v gimp2 is is installing gimp-2.10.38-x86_64.dmg ???

[James Linder]

> On Oct 8, 2024, at 17:11, Ryan Carsten Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> On Oct 8, 2024, at 01:10, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>> port install -s -v gimp2 is is installing gimp-2.10.38-x86_64.dmg ???
>> 
>> Does GIMP only have x86-64 components for the gimp2-launcher?
> 
> There is a comment in the gimp-launcher portfile that says that although the distfile name contains x86_64, the port deletes all of the architecture-specific parts.
> 
> So there is nothing to worry about. You will get an arm64 version of gimp2 on your arm64 Mac.

There are minor issues with the macports version (ie click a file to open: Ryan explaned). I downloaded from gimp.
That works fine and it does the mac-way not the xorg-way of menus. (I prefer the x-org way, but that is not a universal preference)
James