C and C++ projects of any notably complexity & size often suffer from those exact same kind of "library or build tool or compiler updated—now the project won't build" problems. Absent some pretty heroic & unusual levels of discipline from all involved, anyway (which is also a way to avoid those issues in most other languages that have them).

[EDIT] Check out issue trackers for such projects, some time. "Build broke due to [thing] being too new" is a routine issue to encounter.