installing mod_perl.so with OpenSA webserver

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I am running the OpenSA beta 2.0.2 webserver (based off of Apache 2.0.44) 
and ActivePerl 5.8.3 build 809.  I'm trying to follow the instructions for 
installing mod_perl.so at:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.html#PPM_Packages

The only red flag is that the instructions say that mod_perl.so 2.0 
requires version 2.0.47 or greater of Apache and OpenSA 2.0.2 only comes 
with 2.0.44.  Could that be the cause of the problem I'm experiencing, 
described below?

I ran
ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/mod_perl.ppd
as instructed, and saw
"Install 'mod_perl' version 2.0.0-RC4 in ActivePerl 5.8.3.809"
followed by a list of files being installed.

And I supplied the proper location where mod_perl.so should be copied:
 >>>
Fetching http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/x86/mod_perl.so ...  done!
Where should mod_perl.so be placed? [D:/Apache2/modules] 
C:\OpenSA\Apache2\modules
mod_perl.so has been successfully installed to C:/OpenSA/Apache2/modules.
To enable mod_perl, put in the directives
    LoadFile "C:/Path/to/Perl/bin/perl58.dll"
    LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
in httpd.conf, and also either use a directive
'PerlModule Apache2' or add 'use Apache2 ();' in
a startup script. For more information, visit
    http://perl.apache.org/
 >>>

So, I added the lines
    LoadFile "C:/Perl/bin/perl58.dll"
    LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

to httpd.conf.  From the output above, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to 
add the line "PerlModule Apache2" to httpd.conf so I put it in as well.

Now when I try starting OpenSA, I get the error:

apache -k start
Syntax error on line 182 of C:/OpenSA/Apache2/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load C:/OpenSA/Apache2/modules/mod_perl.so into server: The 
specified procedure could not be found.

(Note, "specified procedure could not be found", not "specified module 
could not be found" -- the latter is the error that you get if mod_perl.so 
cannot be found, but I've verified that mod_perl.so is at the correct path 
location.)

I tried Googling that error but could only find a few messages with a list 
of things to check such as making sure that mod_perl.so is in the right 
place.

Things I have already checked so I know they're not causing the problem:

- my httpd.conf already contains directives such as:
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
corresponding to the file mod_userdir.so in the modules directory, and that 
doesn't cause an error, so module loading in general is not broken

- the file C:/Perl/bin/perl58.dll definitely does exist at the specified 
path

- the file C:/OpenSA/Apache2/modules/mod_perl.so also definitely does exist 
at the specified path

Any other ideas for how I could fix this?

Thanks a bunch! :)

	-Bennett

bennett@xxxxxxxxx.xxx     http://www.peacefire.org
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