Bug#215150: apache: Fails to start after upgrade
Package: apache
Version: 1.3.28-2
Severity: grave
Tags: sid
Justification: renders package unusable
The following error occurs during upgrade:
[...]
Configuration syntax error detected. Not reloading.
Syntax error on line 275 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
ServerName takes one argument, The hostname of the server
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
apache
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[...]
Before attempting the upgrade, /etc/apache/httpd.conf (275) reads:
ServerName vivacia
Afterwards it reads:
ServerName vivacia vivacia
This is also a violation of Debian Policy 10.7.3 :
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Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior:
* local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade, and
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Many thanks,
Neil McGovern
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux vivacia 2.4.20-3-k7 #1 Sun Jul 27 21:10:39 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB
Versions of packages apache depends on:
ii apache-common 1.3.28-2 Support files for all Apache webse
ii debconf 1.3.14 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.15 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii libc6 2.3.2-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb4.1 4.1.25-9 Berkeley v4.1 Database Libraries [
ii libexpat1 1.95.6-6 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libmagic1 4.04-1 File type determination library us
ii logrotate 3.6.5-2 Log rotation utility
ii mime-support 3.23-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl [perl5] 5.8.1-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
-- debconf information:
apache/server-name: vivacia vivacia
apache/document-root: /var/www
* apache/enable-suexec: true
apache/server-port: 80
apache/server-admin: webmaster@halon.org.uk
apache/init: true
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