emacs needs -nativecomp on M1 Mac

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On an older Mac running Monterey, emacs 28.1 with nativecomp compiled installed and runs normally. On a new Mac (MacBook Pro 14" 2021, M1 Max chip, OSX 12.4) sudo port install emacs gives the +nativecomp variant, but

ESC-x calc does not run the calculator but instead reports

Cannot find suitable directory for output in `comp-native-load-path'.

ESC-% (trying to REGEXP replace) gives same error

Cannot find suitable directory for output in `comp-native-load-path'.

I did rm -rf /opt/local and rm -rf /Applications/MacPorts started fresh with Mac Ports install same problem.

sudo port uninstall emacs followed by sudo port install emacs -nativecomp fixes my issues.

I'm not sure if this is an emacs problem or a dependent package problem. For my use case I am fine with -nativecomp long term. But I thought you'd like to know.