building libsigrokdecode with "brew" on macOS broken

[workflowsguy]

Running brew update gives

==> Reinstalling 1 broken dependent from source:
rene-dev/sigrok/libsigrokdecode
==> Downloading http://sigrok.org/download/source/libsigrokdecode/libsigrokdecode-0.5.0.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/guy/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/7ad39221afeb178fe5158b44a419f49c85fe31fc70a97358dfd59c3e84fe8e04--libsigrokdecode-0.5.0.tar.gz
==> Reinstalling rene-dev/sigrok/libsigrokdecode 
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/libsigrokdecode/0.5.0
==> make install
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ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [libsigrokdecode.la] Error 1

If reporting this issue please do so at (not Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core):
  https://github.com/rene-dev/homebrew-sigrok/issues

This on macOS 10.14.6 with Xcode 11.3.1 and Python 3.8.5

[f-schmidt]

Verbose of the same issue:

==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/libsigrokdecode/0.5.0
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configure: creating ./config.status
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config.status: creating libsigrokdecode.pc
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: creating version.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

libsigrokdecode configuration summary:
 - Package version................. 0.5.0
 - Library ABI version............. 4:0:0
 - Prefix.......................... /usr/local/Cellar/libsigrokdecode/0.5.0
 - Building on..................... x86_64-apple-darwin20.4.0
 - Building for.................... x86_64-apple-darwin20.4.0
 - Building shared / static........ yes / yes

Compile configuration:
 - C compiler...................... clang
 - C compiler version.............. Apple clang version 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9)
 - C compiler flags................ -g -O2
 - Additional C compiler flags..... -std=c99 -fvisibility=hidden
 - C compiler warnings............. -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-prototypes
 - Linker flags....................

Detected libraries (required):
 - glib-2.0 >= 2.28.0.............. 2.68.2
 - python3 >= 3.2.................. 3.9

Detected libraries (optional):
 - check >= 0.9.4.................. no

==> make install
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  CC       util.lo
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  CC       module_sigrokdecode.lo
  CC       type_decoder.lo
  CC       type_logic.lo
  CC       error.lo
  CC       version.lo
  CCLD     libsigrokdecode.la
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==> Formula
Tap: rene-dev/sigrok
Path: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/rene-dev/homebrew-sigrok/libsigrokdecode.rb
==> Configuration
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 3.1.7
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 92cf9047191393a2d624c64fc28d9595309ba273
Last commit: 19 hours ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: ea47b081cd810b3a85bccb2d18a6ebbb6f4b51f1
Core tap last commit: 3 hours ago
Core tap branch: master
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
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HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 4
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CPU: quad-core 64-bit broadwell
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==> ENV
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Error: rene-dev/sigrok/libsigrokdecode 0.5.0 did not build
Logs:
     /Users/fschmidt/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libsigrokdecode/00.options.out
     /Users/fschmidt/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libsigrokdecode/01.configure.cc
     /Users/fschmidt/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libsigrokdecode/02.make.cc
     /Users/fschmidt/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libsigrokdecode/config.log
     /Users/fschmidt/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libsigrokdecode/01.configure
     /Users/fschmidt/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libsigrokdecode/02.make
If reporting this issue please do so at (not Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core):
  https://github.com/rene-dev/homebrew-sigrok/issues

These open issues may also help:
building libsigrokdecode with "brew" on macOS broken https://github.com/rene-dev/homebrew-sigrok/issues/23