Re: Bug#256982: Upgrade of Apache fails due to configuration syntax error.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, David Grant wrote:

> Thom May wrote:
> > * David Grant (david@grant.org.uk) wrote :
> >
> >>Package: apache
> >>Version: 1.3.31-2
> >>
> >>When attempting to dist-upgrade apache in sid, I received the following
> >>error.
> >>
> >>=====================
> >>Setting up apache (1.3.31-2) ...
> >>Configuration syntax error detected. Not reloading.
> >>
> >>Syntax error on line 108 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
> >><IfModule> directive missing closing '>'
> >>invoke-rc.d: initscript apache, action "start" failed.
> >>dpkg: error processing apache (--configure):
> >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> >>=====================
> >>
> >
> >  Syntax error on line 108 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
> >                       ^^^
> >
> >>I have looked through http.conf but cannot find the line referenced.
> >>Line 180 is a single #.
> >
> >        ^^^
> > Please show us the block of lines around line 108
>
> Sorry, 180 was a typo.  Line 108 is indeed a comment.

Please show us the config anyway. I am curious to see if i can reproduce
it here. Or again send me all the config files.

Thanks
Fabio

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