Bug 383957 – www-servers/apache-2.2.21 init script does not work with baselayout-1

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Andrii Yurchuk 2011-09-21 14:21:41 UTC]

With the changes, introduced in Apache 2.2.21 init script, i won't start on my system with the following error:

minuteware ~ # /etc/init.d/apache2 start
 * Starting apache2 ...
/sbin/start-stop-daemon: need at least one of --exec, --pidfile, --user or --name
Try `/sbin/start-stop-daemon --help' for more information.                                                                    
minuteware ~ #

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install www-servers/apache-2.2.21
2. Try to start with /etc/init.d/apache2 start
Actual Results:  
It won't start

Expected Results:  
It should start

Perhaps somehow connected to the fact I did not upgrade to sys-apps/baselayout-2 (my current installed version is sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.14-r1)

[Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) 2011-09-21 14:31:38 UTC]

Hello, thanks for your report.

(In reply to comment #0)
> Perhaps somehow connected to the fact I did not upgrade to
> sys-apps/baselayout-2 (my current installed version is
> sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.14-r1)

This is bad. The dev community cannot easily support packages that are not in the tree, there are simply too many edge cases and too many support paths.

[Comment 2 Alex Legler (RETIRED) 2011-09-21 14:44:10 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Perhaps somehow connected to the fact I did not upgrade to
> sys-apps/baselayout-2 (my current installed version is
> sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.14-r1)

That is indeed the reason. I encourage you to update your baselayout, or you might experience even more breakages over time.
There is no alternative canonical fix, so I am closing this bug.

[Comment 3 Christian Ruppert (idl0r) 2011-09-27 15:47:51 UTC]

*** Bug 384551 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 4 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2011-09-29 13:55:01 UTC]

*** Bug 384939 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 5 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2011-10-02 18:08:58 UTC]

*** Bug 385369 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 6 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2011-10-06 11:07:11 UTC]

*** Bug 385845 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 7 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) 2011-10-18 06:47:05 UTC]

Created attachment 290143 [details]
apache2.initd for baselayout-1

Guys here is apache2.initd for baselayout-1. I've never tested it but I think it should work.

[Comment 8 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) 2011-10-18 06:47:42 UTC]

In any case I agree that best solution is to use openrc and if there are any problems with that - report bugs so we could fix it.