make fails at Apache-Reload

Hi guys,

I got the trunk version from SVN:

svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/perl/modperl/trunk/ mod_perl-trunk

I am using Apache 2.2.12.

To build mod_perl I did:
% perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/local/httpd/bin/apxs # Completed successfuly.
% make
which failed at:
....
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/mod_perl-trunk/Apache-Reload'
Makefile:14: *** empty variable name. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mod_perl-trunk/Apache-Reload'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2

Here's my system info:
# uname -a
Linux athina 2.6.30.3 #3 SMP Tue Jul 28 11:56:46 PDT 2009 i686
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Any ideas?
TIA,
George