--- ../httpd-2.0.53/support/apxs.in	2005-02-04 12:21:18.000000000 -0800
+++ support/apxs.in	2005-02-20 09:53:13.861402759 -0800
@@ -199,18 +199,19 @@
     ($httpd = $0) =~ s:support/apxs$::;
 }
 
-unless (-x "$httpd") {
-	error("$httpd not found or not executable");
-	exit 1;
-}
-
-unless (grep /mod_so/, `. $envvars && $httpd -l`) {
-    error("Sorry, no shared object support for Apache");
-    error("available under your platform. Make sure");
-    error("the Apache module mod_so is compiled into");
-    error("your server binary `$httpd'.");
-    exit 1;
-}
+### these checks will not work when cross-compiling into a staging area!
+#unless (-x "$httpd") {
+#	error("$httpd not found or not executable");
+#	exit 1;
+#}
+#
+#unless (grep /mod_so/, `. $envvars && $httpd -l`) {
+#    error("Sorry, no shared object support for Apache");
+#    error("available under your platform. Make sure");
+#    error("the Apache module mod_so is compiled into");
+#    error("your server binary `$httpd'.");
+#    exit 1;
+#}
 
 sub get_config_vars{
     my ($file, $rh_config) = @_;
@@ -528,9 +529,10 @@
 
     #   activate module via LoadModule/AddModule directive
     if ($opt_a or $opt_A) {
+	### when staging, this should be non-fatal
         if (not -f "$CFG_SYSCONFDIR/$CFG_TARGET.conf") {
             error("Config file $CFG_SYSCONFDIR/$CFG_TARGET.conf not found");
-            exit(1);
+            exit(0);
         }
 
         open(FP, "<$CFG_SYSCONFDIR/$CFG_TARGET.conf") || die;