HEAD doesn't cope with libraries in non-default locations

CVS tip fails with  ./configure --with-openssl \   --with-includes=/usr/local/ssl/include
--with-libs=/usr/local/ssl/lib

...
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/postgres/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq'
...
/usr/ccs/bin/ld +h libpq.sl.4 -b +b /home/postgres/testversion/lib  fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o
fe-print.ofe-lobj.o fe-protocol2.o fe-protocol3.o pqexpbuffer.o pqsignal.o fe-secure.o md5.o ip.o wchar.o encnames.o
noblock.opgstrcasecmp.o thread.o getaddrinfo.o -lssl -lcrypto  `gcc -L../../../src/port -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -Wl,-z
-Wl,+b-Wl,/home/postgres/testversion/lib -print-libgcc-file-name` -L../../../src/port -L/usr/local/ssl/lib  -o
libpq.sl.4
/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Can't find library for -lssl
make[3]: *** [libpq.sl.4] Error 1

It appears that somebody has changed things so that the -L switches
appear after the -l switches (ie, too late).  I'm too tired to
investigate now, but my money is on Autoconf 2.59 being the problem ...
        regards, tom lane