Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.4 > reassign 429516 apache2-common Bug#429516: apache2-common & logrotate : could reload be used instead of restart ? Warning: Unknown package 'apache2-commonversion' Warning: Unknown package '2.0.54-5sarge1package' Warning: Unknown package 'apache2.2-commonversion' Warning: Unknown package '2.2.3-4in' Warning: Unknown package 'config' Warning: Unknown package 'for' Warning: Unknown package 'etc' Warning: Unknown package 'restart' Warning: Unknown package 'command' Warning: Unknown package 'is' Warning: Unknown package 'used' Warning: Unknown package 'to' Warning: Unknown package 'tell' Warning: Unknown package 'to' Warning: Unknown package 'use' Warning: Unknown package 'new' Warning: Unknown package 'logfiles' Warning: Unknown package 'after' Warning: Unknown package 'they' Warning: Unknown package 'have' Warning: Unknown package 'been' Warning: Unknown package 'rotated.' Warning: Unknown package 'this' Warning: Unknown package 'is' Warning: Unknown package 'kind' Warning: Unknown package 'of' Warning: Unknown package 'harsh' Warning: Unknown package 'it' Warning: Unknown package 'a' Warning: Unknown package 'full' Warning: Unknown package 'stop' Warning: Unknown package 'stop' Warning: Unknown package 'start' Warning: Unknown package 'of' Warning: Unknown package 'server.' Warning: Unknown package 'it' Warning: Unknown package 'also' Warning: Unknown package 'causes' Warning: Unknown package 'problems' Warning: Unknown package 'for' Warning: Unknown package 'people' Warning: Unknown package 'using' Warning: Unknown package 'ssl' Warning: Unknown package 'certificates' Warning: Unknown package 'for' Warning: Unknown package 'which' Warning: Unknown package 'key' Warning: Unknown package 'is' Warning: Unknown package 'encrypted' Warning: Unknown package 'thus' Warning: Unknown package 'needs' Warning: Unknown package 'a' Warning: Unknown package 'passphrase' Warning: Unknown package 'to' Warning: Unknown package 'be' Warning: Unknown package 'typed' Warning: Unknown package 'in' Warning: Unknown package 'everytime' Warning: Unknown package 'starts.here' Warning: Unknown package 'relevant' Warning: Unknown package 'part' Warning: Unknown package 'of' Warning: Unknown package 'etc' Warning: Unknown package 'postrotate' Warning: Unknown package 'if' Warning: Unknown package 'if' Warning: Unknown package '-f' Warning: Unknown package 'var' Warning: Unknown package 'var' Warning: Unknown package 'then' Warning: Unknown package 'etc' Warning: Unknown package 'restart' Warning: Unknown package 'restart' Warning: Unknown package 'dev' Warning: Unknown package 'fi' Warning: Unknown package 'endscriptmay' Warning: Unknown package 'i' Warning: Unknown package 'suggest' Warning: Unknown package 'that' Warning: Unknown package 'restart' Warning: Unknown package 'be' Warning: Unknown package 'changed' Warning: Unknown package 'for' Warning: Unknown package 'reload' Warning: Unknown package 'which' Warning: Unknown package 'has' Warning: Unknown package 'same' Warning: Unknown package 'effect' Warning: Unknown package 'regarding' Warning: Unknown package 'logfile' Warning: Unknown package 'rotation' Warning: Unknown package 'does' Warning: Unknown package 'not' Warning: Unknown package 'require' Warning: Unknown package 'passphrase' Warning: Unknown package 'to' Warning: Unknown package 'be' Warning: Unknown package 're-entered' Warning: Unknown package 'is' Warning: Unknown package 'harsh' Warning: Unknown package 'overall.' Warning: Unknown package 'postrotate' Warning: Unknown package 'if' Warning: Unknown package 'if' Warning: Unknown package '-f' Warning: Unknown package 'var' Warning: Unknown package 'var' Warning: Unknown package 'then' Warning: Unknown package 'etc' Warning: Unknown package 'reload' Warning: Unknown package 'reload' Warning: Unknown package 'dev' Warning: Unknown package 'fi' Warning: Unknown package 'endscript' Bug reassigned from package `apache2-commonversion: 2.0.54-5sarge1package: apache2.2-commonversion: 2.2.3-4in the logrotate config file for apache (/etc/logrotate.d/apache2), the "restart" command is used to tell apache to use the new logfiles after they have been rotated. this is kind of harsh since it's a full stop & start of the server. it also causes problems for people using ssl certificates for which the key is encrypted, and thus needs a passphrase to be typed in everytime apache starts.here's the relevant part of /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 : postrotate if [ -f /var/run/apache2.pid ]; then /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > /dev/null fi endscriptmay i suggest that "restart" be changed for "reload", which has the same effect regarding logfile rotation, does not require the passphrase to be re-entered, and is less harsh overall. postrotate if [ -f /var/run/apache2.pid ]; then /etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null fi endscript' to `apache2-common'.
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