install fails on macos 14

[jameskermode]

Meson build fails of f90wrap fails on macos 14.

Also reported in QUIP as libAtoms/QUIP#624

$ pip3 install f90wrap
Collecting f90wrap
  Using cached f90wrap-0.2.13.tar.gz (2.9 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [22 lines of output]
      + meson setup /private/var/folders/sh/mkb_1f5n7c94fpn3kppj1zm40000gn/T/pip-install-kxuin1y_/f90wrap_2ca59d63880d4fd6a7ee397f3ffd5aee /private/var/folders/sh/mkb_1f5n7c94fpn3kppj1zm40000gn/T/pip-install-kxuin1y_/f90wrap_2ca59d63880d4fd6a7ee397f3ffd5aee/.mesonpy-17bg5i99 -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md --native-file=/private/var/folders/sh/mkb_1f5n7c94fpn3kppj1zm40000gn/T/pip-install-kxuin1y_/f90wrap_2ca59d63880d4fd6a7ee397f3ffd5aee/.mesonpy-17bg5i99/meson-python-native-file.ini
      The Meson build system
      Version: 1.2.3
      Source dir: /private/var/folders/sh/mkb_1f5n7c94fpn3kppj1zm40000gn/T/pip-install-kxuin1y_/f90wrap_2ca59d63880d4fd6a7ee397f3ffd5aee
      Build dir: /private/var/folders/sh/mkb_1f5n7c94fpn3kppj1zm40000gn/T/pip-install-kxuin1y_/f90wrap_2ca59d63880d4fd6a7ee397f3ffd5aee/.mesonpy-17bg5i99
      Build type: native build
      Project name: f90wrap
      Project version: 0.2.13
      C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 15.0.0 "Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.0.40.1)")
      C linker for the host machine: cc ld64 1015.7
      Host machine cpu family: aarch64
      Host machine cpu: aarch64

      ../meson.build:13:0: ERROR: Unable to detect linker for compiler `gfortran -Wl,--version`
      stdout:
      stderr: collect2 version 13.2.0
      /usr/bin/ld -syslibroot /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX13.sdk/ -dynamic -arch arm64 -platform_version macos 14.0.0 0.0 -o a.out -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/current/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin22/13 -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/current/gcc -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/current/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin22/13/../../.. --version -lemutls_w -lgcc -lSystem -lgcc -no_compact_unwind -rpath @loader_path -rpath /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/lib/gcc/current/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin22/13 -rpath /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/lib/gcc/current/gcc -rpath /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/lib/gcc/current
      ld: unknown options: --version
      collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status


      A full log can be found at /private/var/folders/sh/mkb_1f5n7c94fpn3kppj1zm40000gn/T/pip-install-kxuin1y_/f90wrap_2ca59d63880d4fd6a7ee397f3ffd5aee/.mesonpy-17bg5i99/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 23.2.1 -> 23.3.1

[jameskermode]

Looks to be related to mesonbuild/meson#12399

[jameskermode]

Also related: mesonbuild/meson#12159

Think we need to wait for a fix in meson.

[jameskermode]

No GitHub runners for macos-14 available yet: actions/runner-images#7508

[jameskermode]

Now resolved.