./config.nice:

Configuring extensions
checking whether to enable LIBXML support... yes
checking libxml2 install dir... no
checking for xml2-config path... (cached) /usr/bin/xml2-config
checking whether libxml build works... (cached) yes
checking for OpenSSL support... yes
checking for Kerberos support... no
checking for pkg-config... (cached) no
checking for OpenSSL version... >= 0.9.6
checking for CRYPTO_free in -lcrypto... (cached) yes
checking for SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version in -lssl... (cached) yes
checking for PCRE support... yes
checking for ZLIB support... yes
checking if the location of ZLIB install directory is defined... /usr/local
checking for gzgets in -lz... (cached) yes
checking whether to enable bc style precision math functions... yes
checking for BZip2 support... no
checking whether to enable calendar conversion support... no
checking whether to enable ctype functions... yes
checking for cURL support... yes
checking if we should use cURL for url streams... no
checking for cURL in default path... found in /usr
checking for cURL 7.10.5 or greater... libcurl 7.15.5
checking for SSL support in libcurl... yes
checking for SSL library used... openssl
checking for openssl/crypto.h... yes
checking for curl_easy_perform in -lcurl... no
configure: error: There is something wrong. Please check config.log for more information.

and inside config.log i get:

configure:24622: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lcurl -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lkrb5support -lcom_err -lresolv -lid
n -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lssl -lcrypto -lz conftest.c -lcurl  -lcurl -lz -lssl -lcrypto -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl  -lxml2 -lcurl -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lkrb5suppor
t -lcom_err -lresolv -lidn -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lssl -lcrypto -lz 1>&5                                                                                                   
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `MD5_Update@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                          
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                            
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `MD4_Update@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                          
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_new@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                         
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `RAND_add@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                            
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_set_fd@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                          
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                 
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_verify@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                  
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                          
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                         
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_SESSION_free@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                    
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `ERR_error_string_n@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                  
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `X509_get_pubkey@OPENSSL_0.9.8'
[... it goes on for a while like this...]

/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_get_verify_result@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                               
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.so: undefined reference to `SSL_CIPHER_get_name@OPENSSL_0.9.8'                                                 
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status                                                                                                                                      
configure: failed program was:                                                                                                                                           
#line 24611 "configure"                                                                                                                                                  
#include "confdefs.h"                                                                                                                                                    
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */                                                                                                           
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2                                                                                                         
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */                                                                                                       
char curl_easy_perform();                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                         
int main() {                                                                                                                                                             
curl_easy_perform()                                                                                                                                                      
; return 0; }