Cannot specify link libraries for target "libprotobuf" which is not built #24069
Description
What version of protobuf and what language are you using?
Version: main/v3.6.0/v3.5.0 etc. (NOTE: please try updating to the latest version of protoc/runtime possible beforehand to attempt to resolve your problem)
Language: C++/Java/Python/C#/Ruby/PHP/Objective-C/Javascript
Language: C++
What operating system (Linux, Windows, ...) and version?
Linux
What runtime / compiler are you using (e.g., python version or gcc version)
gcc-15.2.0
What did you do?
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=mipsel-axon-linux-gnu-gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=mipsel-axon-linux-gnu-g++ -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=arm ..
What did you expect to see
A Makefile in the build root.
What did you see instead?
CMake Error at cmake/protobuf-configure-target.cmake:11 (target_link_libraries):
Cannot specify link libraries for target "libprotobuf" which is not built
by this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake/libprotobuf-lite.cmake:28 (protobuf_configure_target)
CMakeLists.txt:278 (include)
Make sure you include information that can help us debug (full error message, exception listing, stack trace, logs).
Anything else we should know about your project / environment
We can reproduce this issue with arm-linux-gnueabi, mips-linux-gnu & mipsel-linux-gnu architectures, but not with aarch64-linux-gnu and x86_64-linux-gnu.
cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=mipsel-axon-linux-gnu-gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=mipsel-axon-linux-gnu-g++ -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=arm ..
CMake Deprecation Warning at CMakeLists.txt:7 (cmake_policy):
The OLD behavior for policy CMP0141 will be removed from a future version
of CMake.
The cmake-policies(7) manual explains that the OLD behaviors of all
policies are deprecated and that a policy should be set to OLD only under
specific short-term circumstances. Projects should be ported to the NEW
behavior and not rely on setting a policy to OLD.
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 15.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 15.2.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/mipsel-axon-linux-gnu-gcc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/mipsel-axon-linux-gnu-g++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- protobuf version: 33.0.0
-- Performing Test protobuf_HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
-- Performing Test protobuf_HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT - Success
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Could NOT find ZLIB (missing: ZLIB_LIBRARY ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Performing Test protobuf_HAVE_BUILTIN_ATOMICS
-- Performing Test protobuf_HAVE_BUILTIN_ATOMICS - Failed
-- Could NOT find GTest (missing: GTest_DIR)
-- Fallback to downloading GTest 1.15.2 from GitHub
-- Could NOT find absl (missing: absl_DIR)
-- Fallback to downloading Abseil 20250512.1 from GitHub
-- 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
CMake Error at cmake/protobuf-configure-target.cmake:11 (target_link_libraries):
Cannot specify link libraries for target "libprotobuf" which is not built
by this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake/libprotobuf-lite.cmake:28 (protobuf_configure_target)
CMakeLists.txt:278 (include)