Bug#497534: apache2.2-common: /etc/init.d/apache2 / apache2ctl not reporting error return code when apache2 segfaults

[Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>]

Hi.

Le mardi 02 septembre 2008 à 22:41 +0200, Stefan Fritsch a écrit :
> On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Olivier Berger wrote:
> > Whenever apache2 segfaults on start (for example as experienced
> > when #497453), there's no error return code propagated to
> > apache2ctl nor /etc/init.d/apache2's exit values...
> 
> In this case, the segfault happens after apache has gone into the 
> background. There is no way for the init script to learn about the 
> crash or for apache to print something to stderr.
> 
> I don't know why nothing appears in the error log, though.
> 

I guess because it's still reading the conf file... and has not yet
setup the logging infrastructure ?

I tried to start :
 APACHE_RUN_USER=www-data APACHE_RUN_GROUP=www-data apache2 -e debug -k start
but that doesn't help (-e flag) :(

Dunno of apache internals to provide more useful comments, I suppose.

Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>
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