Bug#418499: Bug in installation of apache2
Package: apache2.2-common
Version: 2.2.3-4
Severity: grave
Hello all:
Installing the package in a new install (that is, not upgrading it)
leaves a server unable to start.
Line 189 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf references to file /etc/httpd.conf
which does no exist.
Thus, the server does not start:
# apache2ctl start
apache2: Syntax error on line 189 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Could
not open configuration file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: No such file or
directory
#
But it is not clear what happens, since people will usually see this:
# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
#
That is, no error at all. Also in syslog there is no error at all (there
is no info at all).
This can be addressed in two ways:
a) ship an empty httpd.conf or create (touch) it in postinst
b) comment line 189 of apache2.conf, leaving it there for user info
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