hey all, I built apache/mod_perl using the PREFIX argument, but am puzzled by the results. I assumed that the Perl modules would be installed into the location specified by PREFIX(according to Stas's guide), which is the case if the location is absolute, but not if it is relative(Stas's guide uses an example with an absolute location- http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html#Installation_Without_Superuser_P ). Consider the following: JCROTTY:mailroom:/tmp>ls -al drwxr-xr-x 8 jcrotty dvlp 907 Feb 14 20:12 apache_1.3.14/ -rw-r--r-- 1 jcrotty other 1824568 Feb 13 18:14 apache_1.3.14.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 24 jcrotty dvlp 2190 Feb 14 20:09 mod_perl-1.25/ -rw-r--r-- 1 jcrotty other 366834 Feb 13 18:14 mod_perl-1.25.tar.gz JCROTTY:mailroom:/tmp/mod_perl-1.25>perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=../joe make make test make install All of the above go smoothly. JCROTTY:mailroom:/tmp/joe/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/sun4-solaris>ls ./ ../ auto/ That's it, no modules are present in /tmp/joe/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/sun4-solaris or any of the other /tmp/joe/lib... locations. If I build with perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/tmp/joe then make, make test and make install we get: JCROTTY:mailroom:/tmp/joe/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/sun4-solaris>ls -al drwxr-xr-x 5 jcrotty dvlp 683 Feb 14 20:24 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 jcrotty dvlp 114 Feb 14 20:12 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 jcrotty dvlp 1630 Feb 14 20:24 Apache/ -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 34914 Jan 29 10:33 Apache.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 jcrotty dvlp 111 Feb 14 20:24 Bundle/ drwxr-xr-x 4 jcrotty dvlp 149 Feb 14 20:24 auto/ -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 3277 Mar 3 2000 cgi_to_mod_perl.pod -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 1096 Jan 29 21:08 mod_perl.pm -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 27538 Nov 28 10:45 mod_perl.pod -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 2706 Feb 29 2000 mod_perl_cvs.pod -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 512 Feb 14 20:19 mod_perl_hooks.pm -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 43 Jul 18 1998 mod_perl_hooks.pm.PL -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 4781 Mar 3 2000 mod_perl_method_handlers.pod -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 11781 Mar 3 2000 mod_perl_traps.pod -r--r--r-- 1 jcrotty dvlp 17520 Mar 3 2000 mod_perl_tuning.pod Am I out to lunch or is there a good reason for this behavior? Joe Crotty