Bug#269290: apache2-common: new default Include is too inclusive
Package: apache2-common
Version: 2.0.50-11
Severity: wishlist
The current default apache2.conf has
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/[^.#]*
It was previously more restrictive.
As a result of this change, apache2 failed with
# invoke-rc.d apache2 start
Starting web server: Apache2Syntax error on line 1 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/RCS/subversion,v:
Invalid command 'head', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "start" failed.
Because I don't have to have an RCS subdirectory, I am making this
wishlist. If the reason for the original change was overwhelming, you
can just close this or mark it wontfix.
I did this to solve the problem:
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/[a-z][^.#]*
[a-z0-9] might have been wiser.
It would also be good to exclude editor temp files, maybe
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/[a-z0-9][^.#]*[^#~]
That will also exclude file names with only one character, which might
or might not be a good thing.
While I'm wishing, in a more upstream vein, I wish Include did not
recurse directories, or at least had that as an option.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26advncd
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages apache2-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.2 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libapr0 2.0.50-11 The Apache Portable Runtime
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-17 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libldap2 2.1.30-3 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libmagic1 4.09-1 File type determination library us
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7d-4 SSL shared libraries
ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii net-tools 1.60-10 The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii openssl 0.9.7d-4 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
ii ssl-cert 1.0-8 Simple debconf wrapper for openssl
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
-- no debconf information
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