On Thursday 29 August 2013 17:37:45, Jean-Michel Vourgère wrote: > This is almost all in the subject. > > I think invoke-rc.d would make sure local policy is properly > enforced. > > The culprit is in source file debian/apache2.logrotate Why is this a problem? If apache2 is running (and the pid file is in the expected place), a reload will be triggered. Otherwise, nothing is done.