I have no idea, and since you didn't get any replies, even after I frontpaged the node for greater visibility to Anonymonks and the like who may only take a cursory look at the site, I thought I should at least give a token reply:

You will probably have better luck on the mod_perl Users mailing list.

Sorry I can't be more helpful - I hope someone can help you along there. :)

Makeshifts last the longest.