Bug#384128: apache2-common: If no apache2-mpm is installed, initscript gives no advice on why it is not starting

[Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org>]

Subject: apache2-common: If no apache2-mpm is installed, initscript gives no advice on why it is not starting
Package: apache2-common
Version: 2.0.55-4.1
Severity: normal

If apache2-common was installed to satisfy a dependency, it will
provide /etc/init.d/apache2 - but running it will fail, of course, as
no apache2-mpm-* is installed:

mosca:/home/gwolf# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
mosca:/home/gwolf#

IMHO, a warning note should be printed at least.

Thank you,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages apache2-common depends on:
ii  apache2-utils                2.0.55-4.1  utility programs for webservers
ii  debconf                      1.5.3       Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                  2.17        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdb4.3                     4.3.29-6    Berkeley v4.3 Database Libraries [
ii  libexpat1                    1.95.8-3.2  XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libgcc1                      1:4.1.1-11  GCC support library
ii  libmagic1                    4.17-3      File type determination library us
ii  lsb-base                     3.1-14      Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  mime-support                 3.37-1      MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  net-tools                    1.60-17     The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  openssl                      0.9.8b-2    Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
ii  ssl-cert                     1.0.13      Simple debconf wrapper for openssl

apache2-common recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information