On Jul 2, 2008, at 21:12 PM, Jason Bornhoft wrote:
>> Howard Roberts wrote:
>>> Jason Bornhoft wrote:
>>>> I went to /ruby-1.8.6/ext/openssl and typed make and received the
>>>> following error message:
>>>>
>>>> make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
>>>
>>> I ran into the exact same issue recently. Make sure you have the  
>>> Open
>>> SSL development libraries and header files somewhere in a standard
>>> location for compiling software, then try: make clean, configure,  
>>> make,
>>> and make install. You didn't specify which OS you do have, so,  
>>> YMMV :)
>>
> Still getting the same error...
>
> make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
>
> How can I ensure that the headers and dev libraries are properly
> installed?

You're sure you ran make clean first?  If that still doesn't do it,  
you'll have to re-run configure with the location of your openssl.