farver (ggplot2 dependency) fails to install on macOS Big Sur and XCode 12.5

[fniephaus]

Repro

R -e 'install.packages("ggplot2")'

Workaround

Use an older version of XCode (e.g. 11.5):

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode\ 11.5.app

Log

* installing *source* package ‘farver’ ...
** package ‘farver’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
** libs
"/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/languages/llvm/native/bin/graalvm-native-clang++" -std=gnu++11 -I"/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/languages/R/include" -DNDEBUG   -O2 -DFASTR -DNO_GNUR   -fPIC  -O2  -DFASTR -DNO_GNUR  -c ColorSpace.cpp -o ColorSpace.o
In file included from ColorSpace.cpp:1:
In file included from ./ColorSpace.h:4:
In file included from /Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/typeinfo:60:
In file included from /Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/exception:81:
In file included from /Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstdlib:85:
In file included from /Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/stdlib.h:100:
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:773:12: error: no member named 'labs' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'abs'?
  return ::labs(__x);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:772:39: note: 'abs' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long abs(long __x) _NOEXCEPT {
                                      ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:777:12: error: no member named 'llabs' in the global
      namespace
  return ::llabs(__x);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:785:12: error: no member named 'fabsf' in the global
      namespace
  return ::fabsf(__lcpp_x);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:789:12: error: no member named 'fabs' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'abs'?
  return ::fabs(__lcpp_x);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:772:39: note: 'abs' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long abs(long __x) _NOEXCEPT {
                                      ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:794:12: error: no member named 'fabsl' in the global
      namespace
  return ::fabsl(__lcpp_x);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:808:34: error: unknown type name 'ldiv_t'
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY ldiv_t div(long __x, long __y) _NOEXCEPT {
                                 ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:809:12: error: no member named 'ldiv' in the global
      namespace
  return ::ldiv(__x, __y);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:812:34: error: unknown type name 'lldiv_t'
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY lldiv_t div(long long __x,
                                 ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:814:12: error: no member named 'lldiv' in the global
      namespace
  return ::lldiv(__x, __y);
         ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:822:93: error: no member named 'acosf' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'acos'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       acos(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::acosf(__lcpp_x);}
                                                                                          ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:822:46: note: 'acos' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       acos(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::acosf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:823:93: error: no member named 'acosl' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'acos'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long double acos(long double __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::acosl(__lcpp_x);}
                                                                                          ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:822:46: note: 'acos' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       acos(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::acosf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:829:38: error: call to 'acos' is ambiguous
acos(_A1 __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::acos((double)__lcpp_x);}
                                     ^~~~~~
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:822:46: note: candidate function
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       acos(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::acosf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:823:46: note: candidate function
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long double acos(long double __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::acosl(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:834:93: error: no member named 'asinf' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'asin'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       asin(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::asinf(__lcpp_x);}
                                                                                          ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:834:46: note: 'asin' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       asin(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::asinf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:835:93: error: no member named 'asinl' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'asin'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long double asin(long double __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::asinl(__lcpp_x);}
                                                                                          ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:834:46: note: 'asin' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       asin(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::asinf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:841:38: error: call to 'asin' is ambiguous
asin(_A1 __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::asin((double)__lcpp_x);}
                                     ^~~~~~
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:834:46: note: candidate function
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       asin(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::asinf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:835:46: note: candidate function
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long double asin(long double __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::asinl(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:846:93: error: no member named 'atanf' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'atan'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       atan(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::atanf(__lcpp_x);}
                                                                                          ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:846:46: note: 'atan' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       atan(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::atanf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:847:93: error: no member named 'atanl' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'atan'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long double atan(long double __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::atanl(__lcpp_x);}
                                                                                          ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:846:46: note: 'atan' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       atan(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::atanf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:853:38: error: call to 'atan' is ambiguous
atan(_A1 __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::atan((double)__lcpp_x);}
                                     ^~~~~~
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:846:46: note: candidate function
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       atan(float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT       {return ::atanf(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:847:46: note: candidate function
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY long double atan(long double __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT {return ::atanl(__lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:858:116: error: no member named 'atan2f' in the global
      namespace; did you mean 'atan2'?
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       atan2(float __lcpp_y, float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT             {return ::atan2f(__lcpp_y, __lcpp_x);}
                                                                                                                 ~~^
/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/lib/llvm/bin/../include/c++/v1/math.h:858:46: note: 'atan2' declared here
inline _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY float       atan2(float __lcpp_y, float __lcpp_x) _NOEXCEPT             {return ::atan2f(__lcpp_y, __lcpp_x);}
                                             ^
fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=]
20 errors generated.
make: *** [ColorSpace.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘farver’
* removing ‘/Users/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-ce-java11-21.1.0/Contents/Home/languages/R/library/farver’
^C[1]    87731 exit 130   R -e 'install.packages("ggplot2")'