OpenSSH2.9.9p2 fails to configure

[Jerrad Pierce]

I just installed OpenSSL 0.9.6b to the default /usr/local/ssl

And am using:

./configure --with-pam --with-skey=/usr/local/skey --with-tcp-wrappers

Now whether or not I supply --with-ssl-dir or modify the cofig script or
set CFLAGS I still get:

#... other defaults here
configure:4481: gcc -o conftest -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib
-Wall -Wp\
ointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized -I/usr/local/ssl/include 
-I/usr/local/skey/inc\
lude -L/usr/local/ssl/lib  -L/usr/local/skey/lib conftest.c -lpam -ldl
-lwrap -\
lskey -lz -lnsl  -lutil -lcrypto 1>&5
configure: failed program was:
#line 4467 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

#include <string.h>
#include <openssl/rand.h>
int main(void)
{
        char a[2048];
        memset(a, 0, sizeof(a));
        RAND_add(a, sizeof(a), sizeof(a));
        return(RAND_status() <= 0);
}
#... other defaults here

SSL works fine (using it for webmin). 

Any ideas? (I did check the list archives but nothing meaningful was
there)