dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7i fails to build when cross-compliling (may not be related to cross-compiling but alternate ROOT, but sandbox shouldn't care?) reason: does not find zlib.h error: mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu-gcc -I.. -I../.. -I../../include -fPIC -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB_SHARED -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H - DOPENSSL_NO_KRB5 -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -Wall -O2 -march=4kc -msoft-float -pipe - Wa,--noexecstack -c -o c_zlib.o c_zlib.c c_zlib.c:25:18: zlib.h: No such file or directory workaround (very dirty): add -I${ROOT}/usr/include to CFLAGS make.conf variables (not actual make.conf, but a file sourced before emerge openssl): export ROOT=/mnt/rbroot export CFLAGS="-O2 -march=4kc -msoft-float -pipe" export CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" export CHOST="mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu" export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" export USE="-nptl -threads ssl crypt -doc -sse2 -alsa -dvd -dvdr -dvdread dio -ieee1394 -lapack -maildir -mmx perl -sdl -ppds -spell -tetex sysvipc -truetype -vcd wifi -xv -X -gnome -kde" export MAKEOPTS="-j2" export PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/mipsel-ports export CC="mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu-gcc" export CXX="mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu-g++" export LD="mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu-ld" export BUILD_CC="i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc" export BUILD_CXX="i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++" export BUILD_CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe " emerge --info Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.4, unavailable, 2.6.15-gentoo- r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=4kc -msoft-float -pipe" CHOST="mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share /config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/shar e/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/sh are/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/tex mf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=4kc -msoft-float -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/ distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/mipsel-ports" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt ctype cups dba dio d ri eds emboss encode esd expat fastbuild foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran f tp gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg libg++ libwww mad memlimit mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl p ng posix pppd python qt quicktime readline session simplexml soap sockets spl ss l sysvipc tcpd tokenizer truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis wifi xml xmms xs l zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
your toolchain does not have zlib available to it, not an openssl bug
