Thanks - I follow you now.
I've reproduced this behaviour on 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.11 (Lucid),
2.2.22-1ubuntu1.3 (Precise) and 2.2.22-6ubuntu5 (Saucy).
But I can't find any regression as you describe.
The init script does have access to the owner and group configured in
/etc/apache2/envvars, so I thin
I have updated the bug description with the package version and steps to
reproduce. Apache runs as www-data out of the box.
** Description changed:
+ This is for package 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.3 .
+
The directory "/var/lock/apache2" appears to not be getting removed when
apache stops/restarts. If
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.
You did not specify any version information in your report. What version
of apache2 exhibits this problem? What version did you upgrade from?
And to help developers reproduce your problem, please also specify what