Reinstalling Python with mod_python Problem

[beno]

It's been years since I've done this. I had a programmer working for me 
who disappeared one day, and now I'm taking over his responsibilities. I 
need to re-configure Apache for mod_python which means I have to rebuild 
python. I'm working with the latest distro. I'm heavily dependent on 
zope, so all this has to work together. Platform is FreeBSD 5.3. I have 
the following questions:

What is meant by pointing to this folder thus:
./configure --prefix=/usr/python

When I run make test I get these errors:

2 tests failed:
   test_mimetools test_urllib2
48 tests skipped:
   test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_asynchat test_bsddb
   test_bsddb3 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn test_codecmaps_hk
   test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr test_codecmaps_tw test_curses
   test_doctest test_fork1 test_gdbm test_gl test_imgfile test_imp
   test_linuxaudiodev test_logging test_macfs test_macostools
   test_nis test_normalization test_ossaudiodev test_pep277
   test_plistlib test_queue test_scriptpackages test_socket
   test_socket_ssl test_socketserver test_sunaudiodev test_tcl
   test_thread test_threaded_import test_threadedtempfile
   test_threading test_threading_local test_threadsignals
   test_timeout test_unicode_file test_urllib2net test_urllibnet
   test_winreg test_winsound
13 skips unexpected on freebsd5:
   test_threadedtempfile test_imp test_threaded_import test_fork1
   test_threading test_threadsignals test_socket test_thread
   test_queue test_asynchat test_doctest test_threading_local
   test_logging
*** Error code 1

What do I do about those failed tests? I've googled this with no luck. 
Please advise what to do or at least how to start
TIA,
beno