Created attachment 757208 [details] /var/log/portage/dev-python:numexpr-2.8.0:20211202-141309.log Seems like underlinking + relying on its own lapack implementation. Reproducible with dev-python/numexpr as of fa2033778ab7dc6fb258b270565fa62a9bb0bb03 (I've removed mkl support afterwards). >>> Test phase: dev-python/numexpr-2.8.0 ^[[32m*^[[0m python3_8: running distutils-r1_run_phase python_test ....INTEL MKL ERROR: /usr/lib64/libmkl_vml_def.so: undefined symbol: mkl_lapack_dspevd. Intel MKL FATAL ERROR: cannot load libmkl_vml_def.so.