looks like npm uses crypto rand everywhere, so probably easiest just to do REQUIRED_USE="npm? ( ssl )".
Like to acknowledge this. output returned: ~ # npm -v ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ npm update check failed │ │ Try running with sudo or get access │ │ to the local update config store via │ │ sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /root/.config │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ internal/util.js:77 throw new Error('Node.js is not compiled with openssl crypto support'); ^ Error: Node.js is not compiled with openssl crypto support at Object.assertCrypto (internal/util.js:77:11) at crypto.js:28:14 at NativeModule.compile (bootstrap_node.js:597:7) at Function.NativeModule.require (bootstrap_node.js:542:18) at Function.Module._load (module.js:484:25) at Module.require (module.js:596:17) at require (internal/module.js:11:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uuid/lib/rng.js:4:10) at Module._compile (module.js:652:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10) at Module.load (module.js:565:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3) at Module.require (module.js:596:17) at require (internal/module.js:11:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uuid/v1.js:1:73) Should note that this problem is not restricted to nodejs version 8.11.3. It occurs with every version currently in the tree (i.e. >=0.12)
commit b4e9b226ab3e198ac5a6c223d6814e5155b271e8 Author: Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org> Date: Tue Aug 7 12:06:43 2018 +0200 net-libs/nodejs: Set REQUIRED_USE for USE=npm (bug #662736). Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.44, Repoman-2.3.10
