Those are indeed the two posts I eventualy found. I admit I didn't search the mail lists as early as I should have. That was definitly an error on my part. After working my way threw those two patches wich are a good starting block, and then manageing to get Apache::Request to install, which involved some hand installing of modules (instead of CPAN) and some reinstalling of core modules. Two modules (which i can't currently remember) had a recursive dependency (they required each other) that both needed reinstalled before libpreq2 would install. These may not be issues everyone will have but the bewildered me for quite some time. Note that I had never touched Apache (1 or 2) and any form of mod_perl, so these might all be issues that more experienced users fix without even blinking. :) Best of luck and from now on I know to search mailing lists first!