mod_perl on OS X Server?

Any advice/caveats?

[timster]

Anyone have any general impressions, or specific advice about using mod_perl in Mac OS X Server 10.4?

I've been tasked with getting an older Perl/CGI site ported to a new server (which I'll configure -- not my forte). I'd prefer this to be an XServe.

Mac OS X Server 10.4 comes with mod_perl available with a click, but I'm guessing this is a dynamically loaded module, and I've read that a lot of people have trouble with dynamically loading the mod_perl module. Is it wise to trust Apple to have gotten "the tricky part" done right?

Edited: Fixed typos

[timster]

I went ahead and tried this and did find a big pitfall: installing DBI and DBD::mysql on Mac OS X Server 10.3 is a serious pain. Both Mac OS X 10.3 client and server have problems there.

Does Mac OS X 10.4 Server fix the problems with installing DBI and DBD::mysql?

I'm suffering here, and the Dot-Net guy is snickering at me. Any help is appreciated.

[your_store]

Hmm..

I'm not sure about Server, but I just installed both of those modules on my Tiger client this week.

Are you installing via CPAN?

Added: I didn't notice your message was a week old. Hopefully, you haven't been banging your head against the wall all this time ;)

[timster]

Thanks for the info. Yes, Tiger seems to be the way to go here.

Don't worry -- my head's intact. This project is on hold until my Tiger machine gets back from repairs. Once I get everything working, I'll post how I did it.