/etc/init.d/apache2 reports following on restart: * This init script works only with openrc (baselayout-2). * If you still need baselayout-1.x, please, use * apache2.initd-baselayout-1 from /usr/share/doc/apache2-*/ * Stopping apache2 ... [Mon Jul 23 09:33:01 2012] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:8080 has no VirtualHosts [ ok ] * This init script works only with openrc (baselayout-2). * If you still need baselayout-1.x, please, use * apache2.initd-baselayout-1 from /usr/share/doc/apache2-*/ * 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. Problem is, there is NO /usr/share/doc/apache2-*/ nor /usr/share/doc/apache-2*/apache2.initd-baselayout-1 ... also, shouldn't you be able to identify the running baselayout automatically? Portage 2.1.10.65 (hardened/linux/x86/desktop, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.11.2-r3, 2.6.32-22-generic i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.32-22-generic-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_Processor_3500+-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:45:01 +0000 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7::<unknown repository>, 2.1.10 dev-lang/python: 2.4.6, 2.5.4-r4, 2.6.6-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::<unknown repository>, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6::<unknown repository>, 1.5::<unknown repository>, 1.6.3::<unknown repository>, 1.7.9-r1::<unknown repository>, 1.8.5-r3::<unknown repository>, 1.9.6-r1::<unknown repository>, 1.10.2, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3::<unknown repository>, 2.18-r3, 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 2.95.3-r8::<unknown repository>, 3.3.6-r1::<unknown repository>, 3.4.6-r2, 4.2.4-r1, 4.3.4 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.4.3-r4::<unknown repository>, 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.81 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.30-r1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.11.2-r3 Repositories: gentoo x-portage voip sunrise ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA skype-eula" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5.2/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.2/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.2/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/voip /usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex 3dnowext X Xaw3d a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bittorrent bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups curl cxx dbus dga divx4linux djvu doc dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode erandom esd exif fam firefox flac fpx gcj gd gdbm ggi gif gnutls gpm graphviz gtk hardened iconv idea imagemagick imlib innodb ipv6 java javascript jbig jpeg lcms ldap lesstif libcaca libnotify libwww live logrotate loop-aes lua lzo mad mailwrapper mbox mcal memlimit mikmod mmx mng modules motif mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multislot mysql ncurses network nls nptl ogg oggvorbis old-linux openal opengl openmp oss pam pango pax_kernel pcre pdf pdflib perl pic png policykit postscript ppds pppd python qt qt3support qt4 quicktime readline samba sdl session snmp spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl 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mime status autoindex asis negotiation dir imap actions userdir so mem_cache mime_magic vhost_alias filter" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LIRC_DEVICES="audio audio_alsa avermedia avermedia98 dsp" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa r128 fbdev" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
Forgot to mention: the newest stable version www-servers/apache-2.2.22-r1 does have this problem, which doesn't mean previous versions didn't.
baselayout-1 is completely dead for years
