Bug#486855: apache2: outdated package descriptions
Package: apache2
Version: 2.2.9-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Apache 2 is the only version of Apache currently in Debian, so it's
time its package descriptions took responsibility for describing
what it is, instead of saying what it's better than.
Here's a review of the current control file, with suggestions for
package-description improvements throughout. Patch attached, though
I'd be surprised if this draft was good enough.
# Source: apache2
# Section: web
# Priority: optional
# Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers debian-apache@lists.debian.org
# Uploaders: Tollef Fog Heen [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thom May [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Adam Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Samuelson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stefan
Fritsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Build-Depends: debhelper (=4.1.16), dpatch, lsb-release, libaprutil1-dev,
libapr1-dev (= 1.2.7-6), openssl, libpcre3-dev, libtool, mawk, zlib1g-dev,
libssl-dev, sharutils
# Standards-Version: 3.7.3.0
# XS-Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-apache/trunk/apache2
# XS-Vcs-svn: svn://svn.debian.org/pkg-apache/trunk/apache2
# Homepage: http://httpd.apache.org/
#
# Package: apache2.2-common
# Architecture: any
# Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, apache2-utils, net-tools,
libmagic1, mime-support, lsb-base, procps [!hurd-i386]
# Suggests: www-browser, apache2-doc
# Conflicts: apache2-common, libapache2-mod-php5 (= 5.1.6-3),
libapache2-mod-php4 (= 4:4.4.4-2), libapache2-mod-mime-xattr (= 0.3-2),
libapache2-mod-mono (= 1.1.17-3), libapache2-mod-proxy-html (= 2.4.3-2),
libapache2-mod-scgi (= 1.11-1), libapache2-mod-speedycgi (= 2.22-3),
libapache2-modxslt (= 2005072700-1), libapache2-redirtoservername (= 0.1-1),
libapache2-webauth (= 3.5.3-1), libapache2-webkdc (= 3.5.3-1)
# Replaces: apache2-common
# Description: Next generation, scalable, extendable web server
When I'm reading software descriptions my usual rule of thumb is
that The Next Generation means old hat ten years ago. It's not
quite that bad in this case, but given that the previous generation
was pensioned off to legacy-support years ago, it's about time the
phrase came out of this line.
The word extendable is recognised by most dictionaries, but the
form that's usually preferred (and used in apache.org blurbs) is
extensible.
However, this package synopsis is identical to the one for apache2
(the MPM metapackage)! It would make more sense to leave the
advertising copy out of the short description and concentrate on
identifying the package in terms of how it fits into the suite.
Something like:
Description: Apache HTTP Server common files
Apache is just what it's known as for short; officially Apache is
the overarching development project, and this is their HTTP Server.
This seems the neatest way of combining that with a uniform synopsis
style.
# Apache v2 is the next generation of the omnipresent Apache web server. This
# version - a total rewrite - introduces many new improvements, such as
# threading, a new API, IPv6 support, request/response filtering, and more.
# .
# It is also considerably faster, and can be easily extended to provide
services
# other than http.
Stop telling me what it's better than! I don't have the option of
apt-get installing apache1, so this needs to be rephrased in terms
of absolute rather than relative features.
Moving the advertising from the short description and bulking it out
with more of the apache.org blurbage in the same vein, I'd suggest:
The Apache Software Foundation's goal is to build a secure, efficient and
extensible HTTP server as standards-compliant open source software. The
result has long been the number one web server on the Internet.
(Improvements welcome.) Plus maybe some lists of features, but they
really belong in the long description for the apache2 metapackage
rather than here. This paragraph can stay:
# This package contains all the standard apache2 modules, including SSL
support.
# However, it does *not* include the server itself; for this you need to
# install one of the apache2-mpm-* packages; such as worker or prefork.
Except that last semicolon should be at most a comma.
# Package: apache2-mpm-worker
# Architecture: any
# Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, apache2.2-common (= ${binary:Version})
# Provides: apache2-mpm, apache2, httpd, httpd-cgi
# Conflicts: apache2-mpm, apache2-common
# Replaces: apache2-mpm-threadpool ( 2.0.53), apache2-mpm-perchild ( 2.2.0)
# Description: High speed threaded model for Apache HTTPD
# The worker MPM provides a threaded implementation for Apache HTTPD. It is
# considerably faster than the traditional model, and is the recommended MPM.
# .
# Worker generally is a good choice for high-traffic servers because it
# has a smaller memory footprint than the prefork MPM.
The problem here is that MPM is Apache-specific jargon. Not that
knowing the expansion helps much, since the reference to modules
just makes it sound as if the /usr/sbin/apache2 binary can load and
unload
Bug#485525: apache2 crashing with SIGBUS
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:59:19AM +0200, Stefan Fritsch wrote: Hi Nathaniel, On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Nathaniel W Filardo wrote: No, 2.2.8-3 did not have this problem (at least, to judge from my log files). I think it would be helpful if you could confirm that it was the apache upgrade (as opposed to some other library upgrade that you did in the meantime or something else entirely). Can you get the 2.2.8-3 packages from snapshot.debian.net, downgrade and check that this fixes the problem? Thanks. Cheers, Stefan Sorry for the delay, but I rolled back, the bug went away, and then I got distracted. So yes, the bug did not exhibit itself seemingly at all on 2.2.8-3. Hopefully that helps. --nwf; pgpWSnyH6p503.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Bug#486629: apache2 refusing to restart
On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Paul wrote: Some times I have noticed the system is abit sluggish when I restart apache, the main problem is with apache, it creates lots of child processes that refuse to die, the biggest problem is it then locks up the ports it is using and the only way to kill apache properly at the moment is to restart the whole system. The init script uses graceful-stop, i.e. the currently active requests will be finished before the apache processes are shut down. But this should not cause the listening sockets to be unavailable. If you use mod_php and your php scripts are executing other programs, you are likely seeing this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=366124 You can use lsof or netstat -tlnp (as root) to determine which processes keep the listening sockets open. Does this fit your problem? Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#485525: marked as done (apache2 crashing with SIGBUS)
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Bug#477772: marked as done (subversion: Segfaults during operation)
Your message dated Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:47:02 + with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line Bug#42: fixed in apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.6-01-3.1 has caused the Debian Bug report #42, regarding subversion: Segfaults during operation to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately.) -- 42: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=42 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: subversion Version: 1.4.6dfsg1-2 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Regardless of the command specified, svn segfaults: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ svn ls Segmentation fault Gdb tells me this: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x2b5e8e00 (LWP 20742)] 0x2ab93e90 in apr_vformatter () from /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 (gdb) bt #0 0x2ab93e90 in apr_vformatter () from /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 #1 0x2ab9dd40 in apr_pvsprintf () from /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 #2 0x2ab9df98 in apr_psprintf () from /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 #3 0xd488 in ?? () Cannot access memory at address 0x0 Strace ends with this (maybe be helpful, maybe not): open(/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open(/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open(/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open(/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open(/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open(/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: arm (armv5tel) Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.8-n4100 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages subversion depends on: ii libapr1 1.2.12-1 The Apache Portable Runtime Librar ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libsvn1 1.4.6dfsg1-2 Shared libraries used by Subversio subversion recommends no packages. -- no debconf information ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Source: apache2-mpm-itk Source-Version: 2.2.6-01-3.1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of apache2-mpm-itk, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.diff.gz to pool/main/a/apache2-mpm-itk/apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.diff.gz apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.dsc to pool/main/a/apache2-mpm-itk/apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.dsc apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1_i386.deb to pool/main/a/apache2-mpm-itk/apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1_i386.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Stefan Fritsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] (supplier of updated apache2-mpm-itk package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:09:34 +0200 Source: apache2-mpm-itk Binary: apache2-mpm-itk Architecture: source i386 Version: 2.2.6-01-3.1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Steinar H. Gunderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Stefan Fritsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: apache2-mpm-itk - multiuser MPM for Apache 2.2 Closes: 42 Changes: apache2-mpm-itk (2.2.6-01-3.1) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload. * Correctly determine the dependency on apache2.2-common. (Closes: #42) Checksums-Sha1: 419ebc91f299cb286a43b2904fd2b3e1afcde896 1143 apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.dsc 719fe809ce1153922f3b19191fba420d78b2f478 12807 apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.diff.gz a60389ece60ffa892e38e8fff5fc9982071c46ab 178106 apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1_i386.deb Checksums-Sha256: a772df82b112c00fbdaf288e5c25da7c1b437a3fba7e113ce5fe5e9ba2b7c96c 1143 apache2-mpm-itk_2.2.6-01-3.1.dsc
Bug#477772: marked as done (subversion: Segfaults during operation)
ugh. wrong bug number. Should have been #486850 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
