solaris install - 8.0.3 config fails on openssl, 7.4 config works

Building a new server here (solaris 9), was going to put 8.0.3 on it.

./configure --with-openssl --enable-syslog

fails with this error message:
configure: error: header file <openssl/ssl.h> is required for OpenSSL

config.log has this:
configure:9227: checking openssl/ssl.h usability
configure:9236: gcc -c -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith
-Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing conftest.c >&5
configure:9264:25: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory
.....
configure:9254: result: no
configure:9258: checking openssl/ssl.h presence
configure:9265: gcc -E conftest.c
configure:9261:25: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory
configure:9271: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#line 9260 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <openssl/ssl.h>
configure:9289: result: no
configure:9307: checking for openssl/ssl.h
configure:9314: result: no
configure:9321: error: header file <openssl/ssl.h> is required for
OpenSSL

- I've verified that the path to ssl.h is in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
- I have openssl-0.97f, which is a later version than the 0.96 specified
in the FAQ (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_Solaris.html)
- I get the same error with 8.0.4
- I got fed up with troubleshooting it (it was a long day...) & tried
7.4 - configured with the same command and installed without a hitch.

Ideas?

- gabrielle -
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.