Compiling problems

Hi list-readers,

I tried to compile openscep-0.4.2 on different machines (one gentoo 2.4 
kernel, one SuSe 2.4 kernel)

On Gentoo I get this message while running configure w/o options:

checking host system type... Invalid configuration `CC=gcc': machine 
`CC=gcc' not recognized

Googling did not return any problemsolving results...

gcc:
gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)

On SuSe configure runs fine, but make exits with following errors:

isasu.c: In function `d2i_issuer_and_subject':
isasu.c:43: `ASN1_F_D2I_PKCS7_ISSUER_AND_SERIAL' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
isasu.c:43: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
isasu.c:43: for each function it appears in.)
isasu.c: In function `issuer_and_subject_new':
isasu.c:53: `ASN1_F_PKCS7_ISSUER_AND_SERIAL_NEW' undeclared (first use 
in this function)

gcc:
gcc version 3.2

Next I read every word on the Homepage and there is described that the