Re: apache2 run script

[Charlie Brady <charlieb-supervision@budge.apana.org.au>]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Vincent Danen wrote:

> * Alex Efros <powerman@powerman.asdfGroup.com> [2006-10-06 02:58:25 +0300]:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:29:40AM +0200, Mark wrote:
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> exec 2>&1
>>> exec /command/chpst -P /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -DNO_DETACH
>>
>> Hmm. I'm using Gentoo, and maybe it add some custom patches for apache
>> related to this issue, not sure. But AFAIK -DNO_DETACH is enough and no
>> process group hack needed anymore. My exec line in run script is:
>>
>> exec env -i PATH=$PATH apache2 -DNO_DETACH -k start -DSSL
>>
>> Gentoo's package name is: net-www/apache-2.0.58-r2.
>
> This is what I'm using in Annvix:
>
> http://svn.annvix.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/releases/2.0-CURRENT/httpd-conf/SOURCES/httpd.run?root=packages&view=markup
>
> It's a little long to paste in here because we do some auto-detection
> and definitions of modules for the way our configuration file is laid
> out, but we haven't needed to use chpst with httpd, and we also use
> -DNO_DETACH.

I think that "chpst -P .... -D FOREGROUND" is equivalent to "... -D 
NO_DETACH"

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200204.mbox/%3C20020405001814.86519.qmail@icarus.apache.org%3E

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   +  *) worker and prefork MPMs: Add -DFOREGROUND switch to cause the
   +     Apache parent process to run in the foreground (similar to -DNO_DETACH
   +     except that it doesn't switch session ids).  [Jeff Trawick]
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