CMake issues when linking against Protobuf v22.3 with Abseil dependency

Hello!



I encountered issues when using Protobuf v22.3 with CMake due to its Abseil dependency. I have documented the steps I took and the issues I faced below.



I built and installed Protobuf v22.3 from source with the following commands:



```

$ cmake -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..

$ cmake --build . -j 10

$ sudo cmake --install .

```



Then, in my project's CMakeLists.txt, I added:



`find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)`



and linked the Protobuf libraries to my target:



`target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE protobuf::libprotobuf protobuf::libprotoc)`



However, when building my project, I faced multiple unresolved symbols related to `utf8-range` and `Abseil`. To resolve these issues, I tried the following:



1. Manually `find_package(utf8_range)` and added `utf8_range::utf8_validity utf8_range::utf8_range` to my target (resolving some errors).

2. Manually added `find_package(absl)` and  and linked multiple `absl::*` targets (the [same ones as in the cmake protobuf build script](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/482156c0f96dd670b9f1ba4f946e66edeb04535f/cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake#L46-L81)), but still had missing symbols

3. Built Protobuf as a static library and linked against it, but still faced unresolved symbols related to Abseil.



Eventually, I reverted to Protobuf v3.21.12, which has no Abseil dependency while still supporting CMake. With this version, I could build and run my project without any issues using `find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)`, `target_link_libraries` as before and nothing else.



I believe there should be a more straightforward way to handle the Abseil dependencies when using Protobuf v22.3 with CMake. Also, I still don't understand why a static build of protobuf would require additional imports. Any guidance or improvements in this area would be greatly appreciated.



Thank you!

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