checking OpenSSL header version... 90704f (OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004) checking OpenSSL library version... 90702f (OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003) checking whether OpenSSL's headers match the library... no configure: error: Your OpenSSL headers do not match your library. Check config.log for details. Also see contrib/findssl.sh for help identifying header/library mismatches. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge net-misc/openssh Actual Results: configure fails for openssh Expected Results: configuring openssh, compiling, and installing Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages notitles sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://hazel.tps/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/tps/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups encode esd f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang snmp speex spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml xml2 xmms xv zlib linguas_de linguas_en linguas_fr"
Solution: find the interfearing library, move it out of the way, call ldconfig, then try again. Mostly this problem is related to commercial software including an own version of libraries the software was linked against. In this case: vmware console for VMware ESX-Server.
sounds good
