https://bugs.gentoo.org/905442
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/pull/438

From 9b4bdca70081abbad26277b009ef9c4ab7e276d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brahmajit Das <brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 11:26:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix linking error with lld linkers (#438)

When using lld linker, build fails with

ld.lld: error: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/12/../../../../lib64/Scrt1.o is incompatible with elf32-i386
ld.lld: error: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/12/../../../../lib64/crti.o is incompatible with elf32-i386
ld.lld: error: /usr/lib/llvm/16/bin/../../../../lib/clang/16/lib/linux

The fix is to check pkg-config first, and not force manual -L /usr/lib.
If pkg-config succeeded, then we don't bother with -L /usr/lib

Our guess is this what the actual intention was based upon the coments

if pkg-config is installed and openssl has installed a .pc file,
then use that information and don't search ssldirs

First found on gentoo linux with llvm profile, please check out Bug:
section of the commit for more info and a complete build log.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905442

Signed-off-by: Brahmajit Das <brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
---
 m4/ax_check_openssl.m4 | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4 b/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4
index 8ae39cae6..39154c856 100644
--- a/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_OPENSSL], [
         ])
 
     AS_IF([test "${with_openssl}" != "no"], [
+        # if pkg-config is installed and openssl has installed a .pc file,
+        # then use that information and don't search ssldirs
+        AC_PATH_PROG([PKG_CONFIG], [pkg-config])
+        if test x"$PKG_CONFIG" != x""; then
+            OPENSSL_LDFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --libs-only-L 2>/dev/null`
+            if test $? = 0; then
+                OPENSSL_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --libs-only-l 2>/dev/null`
+                OPENSSL_INCLUDES=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --cflags-only-I 2>/dev/null`
+                found=true
+            fi
+        fi
+    ])
+
+    AS_IF([test "${with_openssl}" != "no" && test ! ${found}], [
         OPENSSL_INCLUDES=
         for ssldir in $ssldirs; do
             AC_MSG_CHECKING([for openssl/ssl.h in $ssldir])
@@ -69,20 +83,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_OPENSSL], [
                 AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
             ])
         done])
-     
-    AS_IF([test "${with_openssl}" != "no" && test ! ${found}], [ 
-        # if pkg-config is installed and openssl has installed a .pc file,
-        # then use that information and don't search ssldirs
-        AC_PATH_PROG([PKG_CONFIG], [pkg-config])
-        if test x"$PKG_CONFIG" != x""; then
-            OPENSSL_LDFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --libs-only-L 2>/dev/null`
-            if test $? = 0; then
-                OPENSSL_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --libs-only-l 2>/dev/null`
-                OPENSSL_INCLUDES=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --cflags-only-I 2>/dev/null`
-                found=true
-            fi
-        fi
-    ])
 
     AS_IF([test "${with_openssl}" != "no" && test ${found}], [