[bug] Abseil build fails on Apple silicon

[andrea-cassioli-maersk]

Describe the bug

I have bumped the protobuf version to the latest (5.27.0) and this seems to trigger a dependency on abseil/20240116.2, forcing a build from source.

The build however fails with the message:

clang++: error: unsupported option '-msse4.1' for target 'arm64-apple-darwin23.6.0'
make[2]: *** [absl/random/CMakeFiles/random_internal_randen_hwaes_impl.dir/internal/randen_hwaes.cc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [absl/random/CMakeFiles/random_internal_randen_hwaes_impl.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

In my understanding '-msse4.1' is an intel specific option that hsould not be used running on Apple silicon and building on clang.

Some more from the logs

======== Input profiles ========
Profile host:
[settings]
arch=armv8
build_type=Release
compiler=apple-clang
compiler.cppstd=gnu17
compiler.libcxx=libc++
compiler.version=14
os=Macos

Profile build:
[settings]
arch=armv8
build_type=Release
compiler=apple-clang
compiler.cppstd=gnu17
compiler.libcxx=libc++
compiler.version=14
os=Macos


======== Computing dependency graph ========
Graph root
    conanfile.py: /Users/XXXXXXXX/workspace/DST-Network-Design/conanfile.py
Requirements
    abseil/20240116.2#54f81a20ccd26a6558e18d57059847e2 - Cache
    protobuf/5.27.0#ccce9aa25886556c6d66c77b2be4d806 - Cache


======== Computing necessary packages ========
abseil/20240116.2: Forced build from source
protobuf/5.27.0: Forced build from source
Requirements
    abseil/20240116.2#54f81a20ccd26a6558e18d57059847e2:c8791fc52b59bf6c9813a10e89216b6956010ac6 - Build
    
protobuf/5.27.0#ccce9aa25886556c6d66c77b2be4d806:fc002b7f4063b4c1e456597347cce63f955b604b - Build
    
Build requirements

======== Installing packages ========

-------- Installing package abseil/20240116.2 (1 of 19) --------
abseil/20240116.2: Building from source
abseil/20240116.2: Package abseil/20240116.2:c8791fc52b59bf6c9813a10e89216b6956010ac6
abseil/20240116.2: Copying sources to build folder
abseil/20240116.2: Building your package in /Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/b
abseil/20240116.2: Calling generate()
abseil/20240116.2: Generators folder: /Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/b/build/Release/generators
abseil/20240116.2: CMakeToolchain generated: conan_toolchain.cmake
abseil/20240116.2: CMakeToolchain generated: /Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/b/build/Release/generators/CMakePresets.json
abseil/20240116.2: CMakeToolchain generated: /Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/b/src/CMakeUserPresets.json
abseil/20240116.2: Generating aggregated env files
abseil/20240116.2: Generated aggregated env files: ['conanbuild.sh', 'conanrun.sh']
abseil/20240116.2: Calling build()
abseil/20240116.2: Apply patch (portability): link libm to absl string
abseil/20240116.2: Apply patch (portability): Fix GCC 7 including <filesystem> in C++17 mode when it is not available (until GCC 8)
abseil/20240116.2: Apply patch (portability): Do not build test_allocator target when tests are disabled
abseil/20240116.2: Running CMake.configure()
abseil/20240116.2: RUN: cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="generators/conan_toolchain.cmake" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/p" -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0067="NEW" -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0091="NEW" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" "/Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/b/src"
-- Using Conan toolchain: /Users/XXXXXXXX/.conan2/p/b/absei2819cfdae8a7f/b/build/Release/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake
-- Conan toolchain: Setting CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON (options.fPIC)
-- Conan toolchain: Defining libcxx as C++ flags: -stdlib=libc++
-- Conan toolchain: C++ Standard 17 with extensions ON
-- Conan toolchain: Setting BUILD_SHARED_LIBS = OFF
-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 18.1.8
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@18/bin/clang++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Performing Test ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX17
-- Performing Test ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX17 - Success
-- Performing Test ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX20
-- Performing Test ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX20 - Failed
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Performing Test USE_STD_STRING_VIEW
-- Performing Test USE_STD_STRING_VIEW - Success
-- Performing Test USE_STD_ANY
-- Performing Test USE_STD_ANY - Success
-- Performing Test USE_STD_OPTIONAL
-- Performing Test USE_STD_OPTIONAL - Success
-- Performing Test USE_STD_VARIANT
-- Performing Test USE_STD_VARIANT - Success

How to reproduce it

No response

[memsharded]

Hi @andrea-cassioli-maersk

Thanks for reporting.
This is a bit unexpected, we do builds with Apple armv8 architecture in ConanCenter, not sure what would be the issue, or how it passed.

I don't have a Mac to test, I am going to ask for help to @franramirez688.

[andrea-cassioli-maersk]

@memsharded let me know if you need more information. Btw, could it help if protobuf were to depend on the latest abseil?