GDAL not built with GIF support?

[PaulWessel (Paul Wessel)]

On Windows, GDAL 3.7.2 gives this

gdalinfo --formats | grep GIF

GIF -raster- (rwv): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) BIGGIF -raster- (rov): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)

but on macOS version 3.7.2 the gif format is not listed. I install gdal via

sudo port install gdal +hdf5 +netcdf +openjpeg

and this is the first time I notice lack of GIT support. Is this an omission, policy change, or a new variant I must add (e.g., +gif)?

I notice my gdalinfo says this

gdalinfo --version GDAL 3.7.2, released 2023/09/05 (debug build)

MacOS Ventura (13.5.2)