Bug#498624: release-notes: Document apache2 changes requiring manual config changes
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Since apt-listchanges is still priority optional and not installed by default, I
think the following information should be added to the release notes:
The apache2 default configuration has changed in some ways that may
require manual changes to your configuration. The most important
changes are:
"NameVirtualHost *" has been changed to "NameVirtualHost *:80". If you
have added more name based virtual hosts, you need to change
<VirtualHost *> to <VirtualHost *:80> for each of them.
The Apache User and Group and the PidFile path are now configured in
/etc/apache2/envvars. If you have changed these settings from their
default values, you need to change that file. This also means that
starting apache2 with "apache2 -k start" is no longer possible, you
have to use /etc/init.d/apache2 or apache2ctl.
The suexec helper program needed for mod_suexec is now shipped in a
separate package, apache2-suexec, which is not installed by default.
More module specific configuration has been moved from
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf to /etc/apache2/mods-available/*.conf
For more detailed information, see
/usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/NEWS.Debian.gz and
/usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/README.Debian.gz
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