Re: [gentoo-user] Oddities in apache2 update, other init bizarrity.

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

> Stable x86 just got a new apache server, and it's puzzling me.
>
> For one thing, /etc/conf.d/apache2 now ends with this
>
> # Environment variables to keep
> # All environment variables are cleared from apache
>  # Use this to preserve some of them
> # NOTE!!! It's very important that this contains PATH
> # TODO: Phase this out in favor of /etc/conf.d/env_whitelist
> #KEEPENV="PATH"
>
> It has said all along that it's important to have PATH, but now it's
> commented out without any replacement in env_whitelist.
> Moreover, there's no example in env_whitelist to show the syntax.  I just
> put PATH in there on  a line of its own, and hoped for the best.
>
> The bigger puzzle is this one:  I can't stop apache because it can't be
> found, but I also can't start it because it's already running.  It is in
> fact running and serving web pages.  But I'd like the init stuff to be a lot
> more consistent.

I had the same problem yesterday, but rebooting the machine fixed it.
As for the KEEPENV, I was puzzled by that too but I didn't add
anything to env_whitelist and I left KEEPENV commented.  Everything
seems to be fine.

Today apache2 wants to upgrade to 2.2.4-r12.  I've got cold feet.
Anyone tried this yet?

- Grant
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