Compiling mod_perl 2.0.9

Hello,

I am trying to install mod_perl 2.0.9 on linux using perl 5.8.8.  I 
followed the install instruction, but i immediately get this error:

# perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/bin/apxs
Cannot find current script 'Makefile.PL' at 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/FindBin.pm line 201
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/FindBin.pm 
line 201.
Compilation failed in require at 
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Apache/TestSmoke.pm 
line 30.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at 
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Apache/TestSmoke.pm 
line 30.
Compilation failed in require at 
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Apache/TestSmokePerl.pm 
line 21.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at 
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Apache/TestSmokePerl.pm 
line 21.
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 39.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 39.

so try something different and get a new error:
mod_perl-2.0.9]$ perl `pwd`/Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/bin/apxs
Reading Makefile.PL args from @ARGV
    MP_APXS = /usr/bin/apxs
[  error] Can't find a sub-directory Apache-Test. Make sure that you are 
using a complete source distribution


I added some extra output to the error above (using Cwd), and the script 
thinks the current working directory is my home directory. To verify 
this, i moved "Apache-Test" to my home directory, and the directory was 
found, but then i got other errors (which was expected_, because it 
could not lib/mod_perl2.pm which is in the source directory i am running 
the scripts from.

I am far from a perl expert, so i am wondering if there is any steps i 
skipped, or is the a problem with my setup, or is this just a bug?

thank you for any help,
-=- adamtg