Use latest release with fixed ssl

Hi,

intentionally this PR should only fix `./configure ---enable-ssl` which seems to be broken on ubuntu (at least on >= 12.04 x64). But, as 1.4.2 is quite outdated, I've upgraded the default version and removed some outdated / already removed configure flags too. I hope you're fine with that - even if this PR is not as "atomic" as it could be.

Best regards, Michael