[Templates] problems preloading Template.pm under Apache/mod_perl in Mac OS X

[Tim Noll]

A colleague of mine is having trouble preloading Template.pm under
Apache/mod_perl on Mac OS X. It works fine when called directly within a
handler module, but if he tries to use it via "PerlModule Template", Apache
freezes on restart. And if he puts "use Template ();" in a startup file, it
generates the following error:

Syntax error on line 1 of /etc/httpd/perl.conf:
Bareword "O_CREAT" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at
/Library/Perl/darwin/Template/Document.pm line 251.
Bareword "O_WRONLY" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at
/Library/Perl/darwin/Template/Document.pm line 251.
Bareword "O_TRUNC" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at
/Library/Perl/darwin/Template/Document.pm line 251.
Compilation failed in require at /Library/Perl/darwin/Template/Provider.pm
line 43.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/Library/Perl/darwin/Template/Provider.pm line 43.
Compilation failed in require at /Library/Perl/darwin/Template.pm line 34.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Library/Perl/darwin/Template.pm line
34.
Compilation failed in require at /etc/httpd/startup.pl line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /etc/httpd/startup.pl line 9.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 6) line 1.

His system is:
Mac OS X 10.1.3
Perl 5.6.0
Apache/1.3.22 (Darwin) PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.26 DAV/1.0.3

Line 1 of /etc/httpd/perl.conf is:
PerlRequire /etc/httpd/startup.pl

And the offending line of startup.pl is:
use Template ();

Any ideas as to what would cause this?

-Tim