Bug#529416: apache2.2-common: Apache2 does not start with mod_ssl enabled

[Florian Bender <fjbender@googlemail.com>]

Package: apache2.2-common
Version: 2.2.9-10+lenny2
Severity: normal

Suddenly (not after a change in configuration), apache2 fails to start when mod_ssl is enabled. Disabling mod_ssl makes apache2 start, but is not an option in my case.
I've done an strace with mod_ssl enabled to diagnose to problem but had no luck. It can be grabbed from
http://nicht.in-kiel.de/strace.txt


-- Package-specific info:
List of enabled modules from 'apache2 -M':
  alias auth_basic authn_file authz_default authz_groupfile
  authz_host authz_user autoindex cgi deflate dir env fcgid mime
  negotiation php5 rewrite setenvif status suexec

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apache2.2-common depends on:
ii  apache2-utils          2.2.9-10+lenny2   utility programs for webservers
ii  libapr1                1.2.12-5          The Apache Portable Runtime Librar
ii  libaprutil1            1.2.12+dfsg-8     The Apache Portable Runtime Utilit
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libmagic1              4.26-1            File type determination library us
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8g-15+lenny1  SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base               3.2-20            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mime-support           3.44-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  net-tools              1.60-22           The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  perl                   5.10.0-19         Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  procps                 1:3.2.7-11        /proc file system utilities
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages apache2.2-common recommends:
ii  ssl-cert                      1.0.23     simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL

Versions of packages apache2.2-common suggests:
pn  apache2-doc              <none>          (no description available)
ii  apache2-suexec-custom [a 2.2.9-10+lenny2 Configurable suexec program for Ap
pn  www-browser              <none>          (no description available)

Versions of packages apache2.2-common is related to:
pn  apache2-mpm-event        <none>          (no description available)
pn  apache2-mpm-itk          <none>          (no description available)
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork      2.2.9-10+lenny2 Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
pn  apache2-mpm-worker       <none>          (no description available)

-- no debconf information