Apache fails to start with: root@impala:/root(43)# /etc/init.d/apache2 start * apache2 has detected an error in your setup: [Sun Oct 21 13:28:34.992866 2012] [core:warn] [pid 24251:tid 140453736048448] AH00111: Config variable ${SVN_REPOS_LOC} is not defined [Sun Oct 21 13:28:34.992940 2012] [core:warn] [pid 24251:tid 140453736048448] AH00111: Config variable ${SVN_REPOS_LOC} is not defined AH00526: Syntax error on line 61 of /etc/apache2/modules.d/40_mod_ssl.conf: Invalid Mutex directory in argument file:/var/run/apache_ssl_mutex * ERROR: apache2 failed to start root@impala:/root(44)# qlist -Iv apache app-admin/apache-tools-2.4.3 www-servers/apache-2.4.3 root@impala:/root(45)# qfile -v 40_mod_ssl.conf www-servers/apache-2.4.3 (/etc/apache2/modules.d/40_mod_ssl.conf) If I create manually a directory /var/run/apache_ssl_mutex, I can start apache, but after the next reboot I have the same issue. There was also a discussion about this issue at http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-939604.html?sid=f3031f84e3ee80e6edd1a9b8353082eb
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 438758 ***