as described on http://httpd.apache.org/docs/stopping.html, when signalling apache signals should only be sent to the PPID. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: i don't know why it should be necessary to call svc_start() after sending SIGUSR1 to apache in the reload() function. i removed that line in my patch (which follows).
Created attachment 8705 [details, diff] fixes reload() function in apache init file
Ooops, thanks ;-)