$NetBSD: patch-af,v 1.6 2000/09/12 14:17:32 jlam Exp $

--- src/modules/standard/mod_so.c.orig	Thu Sep  7 01:28:46 2000
+++ src/modules/standard/mod_so.c
@@ -307,7 +307,15 @@
     ap_os_dso_handle_t handle;
     char *file;
 
-    file = ap_server_root_relative(cmd->pool, filename);
+    /*
+     * XXX Hack: If the filename starts with '!', then just as dlopen()
+     * XXX without translating to a pathname relative to ServerRoot.
+     */
+    if (filename[0] == '!') {
+	file = filename + 1;
+    } else {
+	file = ap_server_root_relative(cmd->pool, filename);
+    }
     
     if (!(handle = ap_os_dso_load(file))) {
 	const char *my_error = ap_os_dso_error();