[llvm] [cmake] Pass cached library variables only if target matches host (PR #227660)

[Joseph Huber via llvm-commits]

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@@ -174,26 +174,31 @@ function(llvm_ExternalProject_Add name source_dir)
     set_target_properties(${name}-clear PROPERTIES FOLDER "${ARG_FOLDER}")
   endif ()
 
-  set(DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH_VARIABLES
-    LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS
-    LibEdit_LIBRARIES
-    ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR
-    ZLIB_LIBRARY
-    ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE
-    ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG
-    zstd_INCLUDE_DIR
-    zstd_LIBRARY
-    LIBXML2_LIBRARY
-    LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR
-    CURL_INCLUDE_DIR
-    CURL_LIBRARY
-    HTTPLIB_INCLUDE_DIR
-    HTTPLIB_HEADER_PATH
-    Python3_EXECUTABLE
-    Python3_LIBRARIES
-    Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS
-    Python3_RPATH
-    )
+  # Add only if the target matches.
+  # Otherwise LLVMConfig.cmake dependency finding will short-circuit to incompatible host system libraries.
+  if("${ARG_TARGET_TRIPLE}" STREQUAL "${LLVM_TARGET_TRIPLE}")
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jhuber6 wrote:

It depends on what this is trying to solve, if we just need a rough check for 'same processor' then just the first component after splitting by `-` would be sufficient. i.e. x86_64 vs. x86_64, but I don't fully know which problem this is solving.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/227660