GCC cannot find dependent libraries when cross compiling

I’m cross compiling for armv7l linux on x86_64 linux using the following setup:
toolchain.cmake:

set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm)

set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc)
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++)

set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf /tmp/rpi-root)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
project(cross-compile-demo C)

find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)

add_executable(demo main.c)
target_link_libraries(demo PRIVATE LibArchive::LibArchive)

main.c:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <archive.h>

int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
	archive_bzlib_version();
	return 0;
}

When I build the project using ninja, it failed with “library cannot be found” error:

[william@NoteBook build](master)$ ninja -v
[1/2] /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc  -isystem /tmp/rpi-root/usr/include -O3 -DNDEBUG -MD -MT CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -MF CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o.d -o CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -c /home/william/Downloads/cross-compile/main.c
[2/2] : && /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -O3 -DNDEBUG  CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -o demo  -Wl,-rpath,/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib  /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so && :
FAILED: demo 
: && /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -O3 -DNDEBUG  CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -o demo  -Wl,-rpath,/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib  /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so && :
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libcrypto.so.1.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libacl.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libexpat.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: liblzma.so.5, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libzstd.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: liblz4.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libbz2.so.1.0, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libz.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_MD_CTX_free@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_resetStreamHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_HC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_compressStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_freeStreamHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_alone_decoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha512@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_createDStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha256@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_raw_decoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_MD_CTX_new@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_aes_192_ecb@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_properties_encode@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflate'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_isError'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_minCLevel'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_ParserCreate'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_stream_decoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_initCStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzlibVersion'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `crc32'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lstat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_CTX_free@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_saveDictHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_stream_encoder_mt@XZ_5.2'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_saveDict'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_permset@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_properties_size@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_freeStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_versionNumber'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzDecompressInit'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateReset'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_raw_encoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzDecompressEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflate'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_SetCharacterDataHandler'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_fd@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_stream_encoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_tag_type@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_ParserFree'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_Init_ex@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_SetUserData'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzCompressInit'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_clear_perms@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateInit2_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_ripemd160@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_DStreamOutSize'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_freeCStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_Parse'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_EncryptUpdate@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha384@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzCompressEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `fstatat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateInit_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_HC_continue'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_decompress_safe_usingDict'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_crc32@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_getErrorName'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_add_perm@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_file@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_CTX_new@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_initDStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzCompress'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_loadDict'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateSetDictionary'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_entry@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_perm@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_end@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_free@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_qualifier@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_code@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_memusage@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_CStreamOutSize'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_fast_continue'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_cputhreads@XZ_5.2'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_decompress_safe'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzDecompress'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `fstat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_aes_128_ecb@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_init@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateInit_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_fd@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_decompressStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_properties_decode@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha1@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_lzma_preset@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_file@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_SetElementHandler'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateInit2_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_createStreamHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_DigestInit@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_DigestUpdate@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_alone_encoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_endStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateReset'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_md5@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_Final@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `stat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_createStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_loadDictHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_EncryptInit_ex@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_Update@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_aes_256_ecb@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_tag_type@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_qualifier@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_createCStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_default'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_freeDStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_create_entry@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `mknod@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_DigestFinal@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_maxCLevel'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

The mentioned libraries did exist under /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib:

[william@NoteBook ~]$ ls /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libcrypto.so*
/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libcrypto.so  /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1

What CMake version are you using? There have been various issues reported around this area. This one was found to have been fixed by CMake 3.16, so you may want to use a more recent CMake version you’re using an older one.

You may also want to check issue 22678. It might not be the same as your case, but have a read through and see if there’s anything relevant in there that might give you more insight.

I’m using 3.23.2. I reached out to the binutils package developers and it turns out that when using a cross bfd ld configured with a sysroot. The sysroot will always be added to rpath path (see 29288 – Dependent libraries cannot be found with default sysroot search dir and rpath using cross ld for more info). And adding --verbose to the linker confirms the issue:

libcrypto.so.1.1 needed by /tmp/rpi/usr/lib/libarchive.so
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/tmp/rpi/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/tmp/rpi/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed

Gnu gold does not have this issue as it does not validate dependencies.