diff -ruN -x Makefile.in -x configure -x *~ apache_1.3.9.orig/src/support/apxs.pl apache_1.3.9/src/support/apxs.pl
--- apache_1.3.9.orig/src/support/apxs.pl	Sun Apr 16 07:39:49 2000
+++ apache_1.3.9/src/support/apxs.pl	Sun Apr 16 07:39:26 2000
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@
 $CFG_CFLAGS =~ s|\s+`.+apaci`||;
 
 ##
-##  Initial shared object support check
+##  Initial shared object support check [disabled, DSO support assumed]
 ##
+if (0) {
 if (not -x "$CFG_SBINDIR/$CFG_TARGET") {
 	print STDERR "apxs:Error: $CFG_SBINDIR/$CFG_TARGET not found or not executable\n";
 	exit(1);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
     print STDERR "apxs:Error: your server binary `$CFG_SBINDIR/$CFG_TARGET'.\n";
     exit(1);
 }
-
+}
 ##
 ##  parse argument line
 ##
