> One possible cause could be pcre-config reporting -I/usr and causing > -I/usr/inc to be included before the SSL_INC path.
fwiw, here, at my shell/env pcre-config --libs --libs-posix --libs-cpp --cflags --cflags-posix -L/usr/local/lib64 -lpcre -L/usr/local/lib64 -lpcreposix -lpcre -L/usr/local/lib64 -lpcrecpp -lpcre -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include pcre2-config --libs8 --libs-posix --cflags --cflags-posix -L/usr/local/lib64 -lpcre2-8 -L/usr/local/lib64 -lpcre2-posix -lpcre2-8 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include