Bug#986537: apache2: Reinstall fails due to missing conf files
Package: apache2
Version: 2.4.46-4
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: patrickjrdunford@gmail.com
Description: If apache2 is uninstalled and then reinstalled, the reinstallation will fail if the
user has removed conf files in /etc/apache2 directory. The script does not copy these files for
reinstallation in the same way as it does for first time installation. Therefore it is nearly
impossible for a user to perform a clean reinstallation of apache2 using the package installer.
Steps to reproduce:
apt install apache2
apt remove apache2
cd /etc/apache2
rm -rf *
apt install apache2
The installation fails when apache2.service is unable to start due to missing apache2.conf file in
/etc/apache2. A check of this directory reveals the reinstallation only copied in some of the files
that are present in a full installation.
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing-security
APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apache2 depends on:
ii apache2-bin 2.4.46-4
ii apache2-data 2.4.46-4
ii apache2-utils 2.4.46-4
ii dpkg 1.20.7.1
ii init-system-helpers 1.60
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
ii mime-support 3.66
ii perl 5.32.1-3
ii procps 2:3.3.17-4
Versions of packages apache2 recommends:
ii ssl-cert 1.1.0
Versions of packages apache2 suggests:
pn apache2-doc <none>
pn apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom <none>
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 78.9.0esr-1
ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:20.12.0-4
Versions of packages apache2-bin depends on:
ii libapr1 1.7.0-6
ii libaprutil1 1.6.1-5
ii libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 1.6.1-5
ii libaprutil1-ldap 1.6.1-5
ii libbrotli1 1.0.9-2+b2
ii libc6 2.31-11
ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.17-1
ii libcurl4 7.74.0-1.1
ii libjansson4 2.13.1-1.1
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.57+dfsg-2
ii liblua5.3-0 5.3.3-1.1+b1
ii libnghttp2-14 1.43.0-1
ii libpcre3 2:8.39-13
ii libssl1.1 1.1.1k-1
ii libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-6.3+b1
ii perl 5.32.1-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2
Versions of packages apache2-bin suggests:
pn apache2-doc <none>
pn apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom <none>
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 78.9.0esr-1
ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:20.12.0-4
Versions of packages apache2 is related to:
ii apache2 2.4.46-4
ii apache2-bin 2.4.46-4
-- no debconf information
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