up dating linker ld on Mac - cmake

Question

I am trying to compile an example pytroch c++ project using instructions at:
https://pytorch.org/cppdocs/installing.html
When i reach the point of calling:
cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/absolute/path/to/libtorch ..
cmake --build . --config Release
I get an error:
ld: unknown option: --no-as-needed
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [BLOCK_READER] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/BLOCK_READER.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
It looks like the issue is that the linker doesnt understand the option --no-as-needed.
After some research it looks like newer version of the linker support this option, but not the version i have.
So my question is how do i update my linker to a version that support this option?
I am on a Apple M1 (BigSur)..
It is my understanding that ld is part of gcc so can i just update gcc?
Btw here is my cmake CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0 FATAL_ERROR)
project(block_reader)
# Setup Torch
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/g++" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler" FORCE)
set(CMAKE_LINKER "/usr/bin/ld" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /Users/username/Downloads/libtorch)
find_package(Torch REQUIRED)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${TORCH_CXX_FLAGS}")
# Setup Torch
add_executable(BLOCK_READER main.cpp)
target_include_directories(BLOCK_READER PRIVATE /src)
set_property(TARGET BLOCK_READER PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
target_link_libraries(BLOCK_READER "${TORCH_LIBRARIES}")