SOLVED
Resolved, but it was a strange issue. I check config.log, as suggested by Capsule and found the following line:
configure:14368: checking whether to enable mod_ssl
configure:16123: result: no
I was wondering why it wasn't installing ssl when I had clearly asked it to. Then I found the configuration command it had parsed in:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-so--enable-cgi--enable-info--enable-rewrite--enable-speling--enable-usertrack--enable-deflate --enable-ssl--enable-mime-magic
Notice the lack of spaces? I had entered the command with each directive in a new line so it was missing spaces, and the arguments were not being correctly passed.
And now it works as expected!
Apache build ( 2.2.1 ):
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache \
--enable-so \
--enable-cgi \
--enable-info \
--enable-rewrite \
--enable-speling \
--enable-usertrack \
--enable-deflate \
--enable-ssl \
--enable-mime-magic
When I try to configure ssl, i get the following as I try to restart apache
Syntax error on line 56 of /usr/local/apache/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:
Invalid command 'SSLPassPhraseDialog', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Here're the list of compiledin modules ( SSL is missing )
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl -M
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
authn_file_module (static)
authn_default_module (static)
authz_host_module (static)
authz_groupfile_module (static)
authz_user_module (static)
authz_default_module (static)
auth_basic_module (static)
include_module (static)
filter_module (static)
log_config_module (static)
env_module (static)
setenvif_module (static)
version_module (static)
mpm_prefork_module (static)
http_module (static)
mime_module (static)
status_module (static)
autoindex_module (static)
asis_module (static)
cgi_module (static)
negotiation_module (static)
dir_module (static)
actions_module (static)
userdir_module (static)
alias_module (static)
so_module (static)
php5_module (shared)
Check if ./configure doesn't yell about something missing when checking for openssl librairies. It probably didn't compile right, hence the module not listed.
You can also have a look at config.log