-ASP_GLOBAL = /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global
-MASON_HANDLER = /usr/local/etc/freeside/handler.pl
-MASONDATA = /usr/local/etc/freeside/masondata
+#changable now (some things which should go to the others still go to CONF)
+FREESIDE_CONF = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_LOG = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_LOCK = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_CACHE = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+FREESIDE_EXPORT = /usr/local/etc/freeside
+
+MASON_HANDLER = ${FREESIDE_CONF}/handler.pl
+MASONDATA = ${FREESIDE_CACHE}/masondata
+
+#where to put the default configuraiton used by freeside-setup to initialize
+#a new database (not used after that). primarily of interest to distro
+#package maintainers
+DIST_CONF = ${FREESIDE_CONF}/default_conf
+
+#mod_perl v1
+#APACHE_VERSION = 1
+#mod_perl v2 prereleases up to and including 1.999_21
+#APACHE_VERSON = 1.99
+#mod_perl v2 proper and prereleases 1.999_22 and after
+APACHE_VERSION = 2