Is GIMP seriously broken in Buster?

[Gary Dale <garyndp@gmail.com>]

Am I missing something or is GIMP seriously broken? In my Buster/AMD64 
system, I open a picture, select a section and try to cut it and the 
whole picture disappears. I'm left with a white or transparent 
background. If I select a region and try to copy it, GIMP crashes.

I'm reduced to using KolourPaint for the urgent editing work I'm trying 
to do.