["Andrews, Glenn J (Glenn)" <gjandrews@xxxxxxxxxx>]

	I almost have this licked...
I did...
autogen.sh
configure --disable-gtktest  --disable-glibtest  --without-zlib --with- ssl=/usr/local/ssl

Which yielded...
The Ethereal package has been configured with the following options.
                    Build ethereal : yes
                   Build tethereal : yes
                     Build capinfo : yes
                     Build editcap : yes
                    Build mergecap : yes
                   Build text2pcap : yes
                     Build idl2eth : yes
                     Build randpkt : no
                      Build dftest : yes

                    Install setuid : no
                       Use plugins : yes
               Use GTK+ v2 library : yes
                       Use threads : no
            Build profile binaries : no
                  Use pcap library : yes
                  Use zlib library : no
                  Use pcre library : yes
              Use kerberos library : no
              Use GNU ADNS library : no
          Use IPv6 name resolution : no
     Use UCD SNMP/NET-SNMP library : yes (net-snmp)

Then I did make which died...
make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 1182: Unexpected end of line seen
Current working directory /opt/cacti/ethereal-2004-08-12/epan/dissectors
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive'
Current working directory /opt/cacti/ethereal-2004-08-12/epan
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive'
Current working directory /opt/cacti/ethereal-2004-08-12
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all'

Glenn