troubleshoot macos json-c discovery

Author: qrkourier

library/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ if (TARGET json-c::json-c)
     set(jsonc_libs json-c::json-c)
 else()
     pkg_check_modules(JSONC json-c)
-    if (JSONC_FOUND AND JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS AND JSONC_LIBRARIES)
+    if (JSONC_FOUND AND JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+        # Ensure we have the full path to the library, not just 'json-c'
+        find_library(JSONC_LIB NAMES json-c PATHS ${JSONC_LIBRARY_DIRS} /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib /lib)
+        if (JSONC_LIB)
+            set(JSONC_LIBRARIES "${JSONC_LIB}")
+        endif()
         if (NOT TARGET json-c::json-c)
             add_library(json-c::json-c INTERFACE IMPORTED)
             set_target_properties(json-c::json-c PROPERTIES
@@ -60,31 +65,15 @@ else()
             )
         endif()
         set(jsonc_libs json-c::json-c)
-        message("json-c [${JSONC_VERSION}] is ${JSONC_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+        message("json-c [${JSONC_VERSION}] is ${JSONC_LIBRARIES}")
     else()
-        # Try Homebrew default path on macOS
-        if(APPLE)
-            find_path(JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS json-c/json.h PATHS /opt/homebrew/include /usr/local/include)
-            find_library(JSONC_LIBRARIES json-c PATHS /opt/homebrew/lib /usr/local/lib)
-            if(JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS AND JSONC_LIBRARIES)
-                add_library(json-c::json-c INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-                set_target_properties(json-c::json-c PROPERTIES
-                    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-                    INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${JSONC_LIBRARIES}"
-                )
-                set(jsonc_libs json-c::json-c)
-                message("json-c (manual Homebrew) is ${JSONC_LIBRARIES}")
-            else()
-                message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find required library [json-c] (tried pkg-config and Homebrew paths)")
-            endif()
+        find_package(json-c REQUIRED)
+        if (TARGET json-c::json-c)
+            set(jsonc_libs json-c::json-c)
         else()
-            find_package(json-c REQUIRED)
-            if (TARGET json-c::json-c)
-                set(jsonc_libs json-c::json-c)
-            else()
-                message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find required library [json-c]")
-            endif()
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find required library [json-c]")
         endif()
+
     endif()
 endif()
 if (NOT jsonc_libs)