$ flutter create test_create
$ cd test_create
Add a plugin with a lower-than-9 iOS dependency target (I used flutter_appauth) as a pubspec dependency.
$ flutter build ios
Does not build:
Error (Xcode): File not found: /Users/m/Applications/Xcode-14-3.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_iphoneos.a
Error (Xcode): Linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
On macOS this is libarclite_macosx.a
Customers are reporting updating the pod's IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET version fixes it.  #123890 (comment)
      Upgrading to Xcode 14.3 breaks iOS app publishing: link_stat failed: No such file or directory
      #123890
          
This seems to only happen for plugins with low deployment target transitive pod dependencies

Fixed by moving this logic:

      flutter/packages/flutter_tools/bin/podhelper.rb
        Lines 85 to 89
      4fc78b9
      changed the title
Upgrading to Xcode 14.3 with certain plugins will not build: File not found: XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_iphoneos.a
Upgrading to Xcode 14.3 will not build when plugin transitive dependencies have a low deployment target: File not found: XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_iphoneos.a
    Apr 6, 2023
          
Additionally, this has nothing to do with Flutter, I was able to reproduce with just a pod that targets iOS 8 and CocoaPods without Flutter.
Make a new Xcode project called TestAuth.  Note I had to switch to Xcode 13 compatible on CocoaPods 1.12.0.
Run.  Same linker failure:
File not found: /Users/m/Applications/Xcode-14-3.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_iphonesimulator.a
openid/AppAuth-iOS#759
          
I also recommend filing issues with any pods you see hitting this to suggest they updated to a minimum of at least iOS 9 and macOS 10.11.
For example openid/AppAuth-iOS#761
I also recommend filing issues with any pods you see hitting this to suggest they updated to a minimum of at least iOS 9 and macOS 10.11.
How do we find out which of the pods is hitting this?
The only error message I see is:
Error (Xcode): File not found: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_iphoneos.a
      File not found: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_macosx.a
      #124474
      [CP] Upgrading to Xcode 14.3 will not build when plugin transitive dependencies have a low deployment target
      #124529
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      Unable to build plugin frameworks: 2023-04-13 18:54:10.698 xcodebuild[69833:4519474] DVTCoreDeviceEnabledState: DVTCoreDeviceEnabledState_Disabled set via user default (DVTEnableCoreDevice=disabled) ** BUILD FAILED **
      #124781
      Flutter 3.7.11 Xcode 14.3 : Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier
      #124835
      Xcode 14.3 compatibility needed to resolve error: libarclite_iphonesimulator.a file not found
      instacart/TrueTime.swift#106