MacOS: Building Main branch Error: linker command failed "_gzopen", referenced from: _BLI_gzopen

Building Blender
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Hi there! Having some trouble building the Blender build. I’ve followed the instructions on this page:
https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/building_blender/mac/

but I’m getting an error at 65% when building the project:

[ 63%] Built target makesrna
Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
"_gzopen", referenced from:
_BLI_gzopen in libbf_blenlib.a[49](fileops_c.cc.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64
clang: **error:** **linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)**
make[3]: *** [bin/msgfmt] Error 1
make[2]: *** [source/blender/blentranslation/msgfmt/CMakeFiles/msgfmt.dir/all] Error 2
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
[ 65%] Built target extern_ceres
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target bf_rna
[ 66%] Built target bf_rna
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

I have the full log but I can’t upload it as I’m new to the forum.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, appreciate your guidance to get past this error.

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I ended up making a new user and trying to build Blender there. Worked first time. :sweat_smile:
Not sure what it is in my original user account it didn’t like.

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Sometimes it helps removing the build folder (or just CMakeCache.txt). CMake likes to cache thing, and not properly update them afterwards.