When running this command: webapp-config -d '' -h myhostname -U drupal 7.51 I get this message: There is a problem with your configuration file or an environment variable. webapp-config tried to read the variable "vhost_appdir" and received the following error: No option 'vhost_appdir' in section: 'USER' Please note that webapp-config is not written in bash anymore and that you cannot use the bash scripting features. I have no idea what the vhost_appdir variable is. I haven’t configured it anywhere. In fact, grepping my entire hard drive returns no hits for that string. I am not trying to use the bash scripting feature. I don’t even know what the bash scripting feature is. $ emerge --info app-admin/webapp-config Portage 2.3.0 (python 3.4.3-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.22-r4, 4.4.21-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.4.21-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 2043992 total, 158624 free KiB Swap: 8335804 total, 8244604 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:45:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p48 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10-r1::gentoo, 3.4.3-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.21.7::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.3::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.22-r4::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/cache/repos/gentoo sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.ca.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --complete-graph y -1" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" INSTALL_MASK="/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig" LANG="en_CA.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/cache/portage" USE="acl amd64 bzip2 caps cli cxx dri fortran iconv idn jpeg mmx mmxext modules multilib ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre png readline seccomp session sse sse2 ssl svg threads truetype udev unicode vhosts vim-syntax xattr zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse3" 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 ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" L10N="en en-CA" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_CA" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel nouveau radeon radeonsi vesa dummy v4l" 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: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= app-admin/webapp-config-1.54-r1::gentoo was built with the following: USE="portage" ABI_X86="64" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -pypy -python3_3" $ emerge --info www-apps/drupal Portage 2.3.0 (python 3.4.3-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.22-r4, 4.4.21-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.4.21-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 2043992 total, 159376 free KiB Swap: 8335804 total, 8244604 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:45:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p48 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10-r1::gentoo, 3.4.3-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.21.7::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.3::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.22-r4::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/cache/repos/gentoo sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.ca.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --complete-graph y -1" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" INSTALL_MASK="/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig" LANG="en_CA.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/cache/portage" USE="acl amd64 bzip2 caps cli cxx dri fortran iconv idn jpeg mmx mmxext modules multilib ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre png readline seccomp session sse sse2 ssl svg threads truetype udev unicode vhosts vim-syntax xattr zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse3" 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 ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" L10N="en en-CA" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_CA" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel nouveau radeon radeonsi vesa dummy v4l" 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: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= www-apps/drupal-7.51::gentoo was built with the following: USE="postgres vhosts -accelerator -mysql -sqlite -uploadprogress" ABI_X86="64"
Same problem over here: app-admin/webapp-config-1.54-r1 I get this message "* There is a problem with your configuration file or an environment variable. * webapp-config tried to read the variable "vhost_appdir" * and received the following error: * * No option 'vhost_appdir' in section: 'USER'" whenever I try to install an app with the option "-d ''" Having a look into "man 5 webapp-config" did not reveal any information about this either. I think it is programmed like this: If the directory parameter is empty look for a config file setting. Emit a warning if the config setting is empty, too. Proposed solution: Do not emit a warning if the directory is explicitly unset and/or explain the setting the man page. best regards
