We can do without -L/usr/lib/, especially in 64-bit builds ...


diff -Naur mysql-5.1.30.orig/config/ac-macros/ssl.m4 mysql-5.1.30/config/ac-macros/ssl.m4
--- mysql-5.1.30.orig/config/ac-macros/ssl.m4	2008-11-14 11:34:23.000000000 -0500
+++ mysql-5.1.30/config/ac-macros/ssl.m4	2009-01-13 19:17:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@
   #
   # Try to link with openSSL libs in <location>
   #
-  openssl_libs="-L$location/lib/ -lssl -lcrypto"
+  if test "$location" != "/usr"
+  then
+    openssl_libs="-L$location/lib/ -lssl -lcrypto"
+  else
+    openssl_libs="-lssl -lcrypto"
+  fi
   MYSQL_CHECK_SSL_DIR([$openssl_includes], [$openssl_libs])
 
   if test "$mysql_ssl_found" == "no"