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Unable to install git-2.43.0 from source on macOS Big Sur 11.7.10

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JAJonathan Abrams <jonathansabrams@outlook.com>
Date
Dec 17, 2023, 22:54 UTC
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Hello,
I am trying to install git-2.43.0 from source on macOS Big Sur 11.7.10.  I have Xcode 13.2.1 installed.  I have read https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/INSTALL.
The command that will not complete successfully is sudo make all doc.  The Terminal output before the error is as follows.
--
    AR libgit.a
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: libgit.a(zlib-uncompress2.o) has no symbols
    CC xdiff/xdiffi.o
    CC xdiff/xemit.o
    CC xdiff/xhistogram.o
    CC xdiff/xmerge.o
    CC xdiff/xpatience.o
    CC xdiff/xprepare.o
    CC xdiff/xutils.o
    AR xdiff/lib.a
    CC reftable/basics.o
    CC reftable/error.o
    CC reftable/block.o
    CC reftable/blocksource.o
    CC reftable/iter.o
    CC reftable/publicbasics.o
    CC reftable/merged.o
    CC reftable/pq.o
    CC reftable/reader.o
    CC reftable/record.o
    CC reftable/refname.o
    CC reftable/generic.o
    CC reftable/stack.o
    CC reftable/tree.o
    CC reftable/writer.o
    AR reftable/libreftable.a
    LINK git-daemon
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_libiconv", referenced from:
      _precompose_utf8_readdir in libgit.a(precompose_utf8.o)
      _reencode_string_iconv in libgit.a(utf8.o)
  "_libiconv_close", referenced from:
      _precompose_string_if_needed in libgit.a(precompose_utf8.o)
      _precompose_utf8_closedir in libgit.a(precompose_utf8.o)
      _reencode_string_len in libgit.a(utf8.o)
  "_libiconv_open", referenced from:
      _precompose_string_if_needed in libgit.a(precompose_utf8.o)
      _precompose_utf8_opendir in libgit.a(precompose_utf8.o)
      _reencode_string_len in libgit.a(utf8.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [git-daemon] Error 1
--
Does anyone reading this know how to resolve this error?
Thank you,
Jonathan S. Abrams
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