build: find Protobuf using config mode search #2900
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This patch makes the Protobuf package mandatory in addition to forcing a
config mode search. The (default) module mode search looks for the
CMake-provided FindProtobuf.cmake file, but this file does not list
Abseil as a dependency, causing linker issues like the one below:
By forcing a config mode search, CMake looks for the file that is
installed as part of the protobuf package and which does contain the
Abseil dependency. This workaround is also mentioned in a GitHub issue
for Protobuf:
protocolbuffers/protobuf#12292 (comment).