Incompatibility of configure with recent OpenSSL versions

[Bob Rasmussen]

I am attempting to build OpenSSH on a Linux box. In running ./configure, 
when it tests for OpenSSL compatibility, I get the following:

checking OpenSSL header version... 009081cf (OpenSSL 0.9.8zc 15 Oct 2014)
checking OpenSSL library version... configure: error: OpenSSL >= 0.9.8f 
required

It would appear that 0.9.8zc is in fact >= 0.9.8f. I believe there is a 
problem in how the 009081cf is parsed.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com
  company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com
           voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
             fax: (US) 503-624-0760
             web: http://www.anzio.com
  street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc.
                  10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9
                  Portland, OR  97223  USA