qemu will fail configuration phase if sys-libs/zlib is built without "static-libs" use flag enabled. Reproducible: Always
Works fine for me. Please attach a build log, config.log, and emerge --info.
great... and here I thought this one was a quick and easy slam dunk.
Created attachment 375508 [details] Build log
Created attachment 375510 [details] config log
Created attachment 375512 [details] emerge info
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 487918 ***