[TriLUG] apache/mod_perl question

[William Sutton]

Apparently my google-fu is failing, so here's the situation:

Apache 1.3.33 (installed by gentoo as a result of emerge -v apache):
Server version: Apache/1.3.33 (Unix)  (Gentoo/Linux)
Server built:   Nov 21 2005 11:39:10
Server's Module Magic Number: 19990320:16
Server compiled with....
 -D EAPI
 -D EAPI_MM
 -D EAPI_MM_CORE_PATH="/var/cache/apache-mm/mm"
 -D HAVE_MMAP
 -D HAVE_SHMGET
 -D USE_SHMGET_SCOREBOARD
 -D USE_MMAP_FILES
 -D HAVE_FCNTL_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT
 -D HAVE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT
 -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
 -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=64
 -D HARD_SERVER_LIMIT=512
 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/lib/apache"
 -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/sbin/suexec"
 -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/apache.pid"
 -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="/var/run/apache.scoreboard"
 -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/var/run/apache.lock"
 -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="/var/log/apache/error_log"
 -D TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/mime.types"
 -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/apache.conf"
 -D ACCESS_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/access.conf"
 -D RESOURCE_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/srm.conf"

mod_perl 1.27-r4 according to emerge -vp mod_perl

both, as I say, installed by gentoo.  Following the MasonHQ FAQ 
(eventually on my list), I added the following to my apache config file:

AddModule mod_perl.c
<Location /mason_code>
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
</Location>

When I actually try to use this, however, I get the following:

maul htdocs # /etc/init.d/apache configtest
 * Checking Apache Configuration ...
 * Apache has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
Processing config directory: /etc/apache/modules.d/*.conf
 Processing config file: /etc/apache/modules.d/10_mod_ssl.conf
Syntax error on line 982 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
Cannot add module via name 'mod_perl.c': not in list of loaded modules    
[ !! ]

If anyone can offer suggestions?  I would greatly appreciate it.

-- 
William Sutton