this should not set a SSL path to LDFLAGS or CPPFLAGS unless it really needs

  AC_MSG_WARN(SSL/https support disabled)  

else

  dnl Check for & handle argument to --with-ssl.

  AC_MSG_CHECKING(where to look for SSL)

  if test X"$OPT_SSL" = Xoff

  then

  	AC_MSG_RESULT([defaults (or given in environment)])

  else

	test X"$OPT_SSL" = Xyes && OPT_SSL=/usr/local/ssl

        dnl	LIBS="$LIBS -L$OPT_SSL/lib"

        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$OPT_SSL/lib"

	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$OPT_SSL/include/openssl -I$OPT_SSL/include"

	AC_MSG_RESULT([$OPT_SSL])

  fi

  dnl Check for and handle argument to --with-ssl.

  EXTRA_SSL=

  case "$OPT_SSL" in

  yes)

    EXTRA_SSL=/usr/local/ssl ;;

  *)

    EXTRA_SSL=$OPT_SSL ;;

  esac

  AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_lock,[

     HAVECRYPTO="yes"

     ],[

     OLDLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"

     OLDCPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"

     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$EXTRA_SSL/lib"

     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$EXTRA_SSL/include/openssl -I$EXTRA_SSL/include"

     AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_add_lock,[

       HAVECRYPTO="yes" ], [

       LDFLAGS="$OLDLDFLAGS"

       CPPFLAGS="$OLDCPPFLAGS"

       ])

    ])

  dnl check for crypto libs (part of SSLeay)

  AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_lock)

  if test $ac_cv_lib_crypto_CRYPTO_lock = yes; then

  if test "$HAVECRYPTO" = "yes"; then

    dnl This is only reasonable to do if crypto actually is there: check for

    dnl SSL libs NOTE: it is important to do this AFTER the crypto lib

    LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypto"

    AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl, SSL_connect)

    if test "$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_connect" != yes; then