fake:

package/base/curl/curl.conf

@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 
 if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ] ; then
 	# work arround configure mess
-	confopt="$confopt --without-ssl"
-	preconf="$preconf echo ac_cv_path_PKGCONFIG=/tmp/nothing >> \
-		config.cache"
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--without-ssl"
+	hook_add preconf 5 "echo ac_cv_path_PKGCONFIG=/tmp/nothing >> config.cache"
 fi
 

package/base/curl/curl.desc

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 
 [L] MIT
 [S] Stable
-[V] 7.11.1
+[V] 7.12.1
 [P] X -1---5-7-9 112.300
 
-[D] 231458056 curl-7.11.1.tar.bz2 http://curl.haxx.se/download/
+[D] 1123921935 curl-7.12.1.tar.bz2 http://curl.haxx.se/download/