--- /dev/null
+the linux target parses /etc/ld.so.conf to see what paths are
+searched at runtime, and hardcodes /lib /usr/lib as a fallback.
+this works poorly when cross-compiling, so tweak the behavior:
+ - search $SYSROOT/etc/ld.so.conf
+ - default to Gentoo's notion of the active multilib
+
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -10405,9 +10405,9 @@
+ hardcode_into_libs=yes
+
+ # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
+- if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
+- lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s 2>/dev/null", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;/^[ ]*hwcap[ ]/d;s/[:, ]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;s/"//g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
+- sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
++ if test -f "$SYSROOT"/etc/ld.so.conf; then
++ lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s 2>/dev/null", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < "$SYSROOT"/etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;/^[ ]*hwcap[ ]/d;s/[:, ]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;s/"//g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
++ sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/@GENTOO_LIBDIR@ /usr/@GENTOO_LIBDIR@ $lt_ld_extra"
+ fi
+
+ # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on