Problem with 4.2.3

I didn't see any similar info on the list, but I compiled php 4.2.3 as a module under apache 2.0.40 and it pretty much breaks all my php stuff. There is only one error that it generates. Nothing in debug, nothing in the php_errorlog, only this one line in the apache error log: [Sun Sep 08 23:26:55 2002] [crit] [client x.x.x.x] (13)Permission denied: /var/www/html/xxxx/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable Now I know this is very odd as it worked not 5 minutes ago under 4.2.2, switching back to 4.2.2 everything works again. Both were compiled with exactly the same options and use exactly the same php.ini file. I didn't see anything about deal-breaking new config options anywhere so something somewhere is broken and I'm not sure where... Any help would be appreciated.