diff --git a/Slash/Custom/ApacheSSI/ApacheSSI.pm b/Slash/Custom/ApacheSSI/ApacheSSI.pm
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+# This code is a part of Slash, and is released under the GPL.
+# Copyright 1997-2003 by Open Source Development Network. See README
+# and COPYING for more information, or see http://slashcode.com/.
+# $Id$
+
+# this merely overrides a "broken" method in Apache::SSI,
+# where include directives don't work for mixing with Apache::Compress
+# -- patch comes from author of Apache::SSI and Apache::Compress
+
+# also fudges the Slash ssi directives to not print, but merely return
+
+
+package Slash::Custom::ApacheSSI;
+
+use strict;
+use base 'Apache::SSI';
+use vars qw($VERSION);
+
+use Apache::Constants qw(:common OPT_INCNOEXEC);
+
+($VERSION) = ' $Revision$ ' =~ /\$Revision:\s+([^\s]+)/;
+
+sub ssi_perl {
+  my($self, $args, $margs) = @_;
+  $args->{'sub'} =~ s/print Slash::getAd/Slash::getAd/;
+  $margs = [ %$args ];
+  $self->SUPER::ssi_perl($args, $margs);
+}
+
+sub ssi_include {
+  my ($self, $args) = @_;
+  unless (exists $args->{file} or exists $args->{virtual}) {
+    return $self->error("No 'file' or 'virtual' attribute found in SSI 'include' tag");
+  }
+  my $subr = $self->find_file($args);
+  if (lc($self->{_r}->dir_config('ASSI_Subrequests')) eq 'off') {
+    if (my $fh = Apache::File->new($subr->filename())) {
+      $subr->dir_config->add('ASSI_Subrequests' => 'off');
+      do {local $/; ref($self)->new( scalar(<$fh>), $subr )}->output;
+    } else {
+      $self->error("Include of ", $subr->filename, " failed: $!");
+    }
+  } else {
+    unless ($subr->run == OK) {
+      $self->error("Include of '@{[$subr->filename()]}' failed: $!");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  ## Make sure that all of the variables set in the include are present here.
+  #my $env = $subr->subprocess_env();
+  #foreach ( keys %$env ) {
+  #  $self->{_r}->subprocess_env($_, $env->{$_});
+  #}
+  
+  return '';
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
diff --git a/Slash/Custom/ApacheSSI/MANIFEST b/Slash/Custom/ApacheSSI/MANIFEST
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+ApacheSSI.pm
+Makefile.PL
+MANIFEST
diff --git a/Slash/Custom/ApacheSSI/Makefile.PL b/Slash/Custom/ApacheSSI/Makefile.PL
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+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
+# the contents of the Makefile that is written.
+WriteMakefile(
+    'NAME'	=> 'Slash::Custom::ApacheSSI',
+    'VERSION_FROM' => 'ApacheSSI.pm', # finds $VERSION
+);