Bug #796750 “apache2 startup fails with missing log directory” : Bugs : apache2 package : Ubuntu

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That is something commonly done for systems that use an SSD drive. Putting logs on a ramdisk avoids wearing out the SSD flash memory.</p> <p>It would be helpful if the apache initscript createad its log subdirectory if needed.</p> <p>SYSTEM: Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64)<br /> PACKAGE: apache2.2-common 2.2.17-1ubuntu1</p></div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:-10px 0 20px 5px" class="clearfix"> <span>See <a href="comments/0">original description</a></span> </div> <div id="bug-tags"> <span id="tags-heading"> Tags: </span> <span id="tag-list"> <a class="official-tag" href="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bugs?field.tag=patch">patch</a> </span> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> LPJS.use('event', 'node', 'lp.bugs.tags_entry', function(Y) { Y.on('domready', function(e) { Y.lp.bugs.tags_entry.setup_tag_entry( available_official_tags); }, window); }); </script> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div id="branches-and-cves"> <div id="bug-branches-container" style="float: left"> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>  </div> <div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/1" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~courtneyr" class="sprite person">Courtney Rosenthal (courtneyr)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2011-06-13T18:21:52.644001+00:00" title="2011-06-13 18:21:52 UTC">on 2011-06-13</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/1"> #1</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em"> <li class="download-attachment"> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/+attachment/2167551/+files/apache2-initscript-missing-logdir.patch" class="sprite haspatch-icon">apache2-initscript-missing-logdir.patch</a> <a class="sprite edit action-icon" href="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/+attachment/2167551">Edit</a> (589 bytes, text/plain) </li> </ul> <div class="editable-message-body"> <div class="comment-text editable-message-text" itemprop="commentText"></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10"></textarea> <input type="button" value="Update" class="editable-message-update-btn" /> <input type="button" value="Cancel" class="editable-message-cancel-btn" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="boardComment"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~courtneyr" class="sprite person">Courtney Rosenthal (courtneyr)</a> <time title="2011-06-14 12:17:34 UTC" datetime="2011-06-14T12:17:34.757718+00:00">on 2011-06-14</time> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>description</b>: </td> <td> updated </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="boardComment"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~brian-murray" class="sprite person">Brian Murray (brian-murray)</a> <time title="2011-06-14 17:33:32 UTC" datetime="2011-06-14T17:33:32.050837+00:00">on 2011-06-14</time> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>tags</b>: </td> <td> added: patch </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/2" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~davewalker" class="sprite person">Dave Walker (davewalker)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2011-06-21T19:38:47.039466+00:00" title="2011-06-21 19:38:47 UTC">on 2011-06-21</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/2"> #2</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <div class="editable-message-body"> <div class="comment-text editable-message-text" itemprop="commentText"><p>Thank you for reporting this issue and including a patch. I have forwarded your patch to Debian for consideration. If accepted, we'll get this fix on our next merge. I'm not keen to extend our delta with Debian on this issue, but we will benefit from your patch eventually!</p> <p>Thanks again.</p></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10">Thank you for reporting this issue and including a patch. I have forwarded your patch to Debian for consideration. If accepted, we'll get this fix on our next merge. I'm not keen to extend our delta with Debian on this issue, but we will benefit from your patch eventually! Thanks again.</textarea> <input type="button" value="Update" class="editable-message-update-btn" /> <input type="button" value="Cancel" class="editable-message-cancel-btn" /> </div> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td colspan="2">Changed in apache2 (Ubuntu): </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>status</b>: </td> <td> New → Confirmed </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>importance</b>: </td> <td> Undecided → Low </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/3" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~courtneyr" class="sprite person">Courtney Rosenthal (courtneyr)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2011-06-21T21:23:04.179892+00:00" title="2011-06-21 21:23:04 UTC">on 2011-06-21</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/3"> #3</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <div class="editable-message-body"> <div class="comment-text editable-message-text" itemprop="commentText"><p>Thanks for sending this upstream. That sounds appropriate.</p></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10">Thanks for sending this upstream. That sounds appropriate.</textarea> <input type="button" value="Update" class="editable-message-update-btn" /> <input type="button" value="Cancel" class="editable-message-cancel-btn" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="boardComment"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~bug-watch-updater" class="sprite person-inactive">Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)</a> <time title="2011-08-11 12:03:17 UTC" datetime="2011-08-11T12:03:17.409760+00:00">on 2011-08-11</time> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td colspan="2">Changed in apache2 (Debian): </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>status</b>: </td> <td> Unknown → New </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="boardComment"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~bug-watch-updater" class="sprite person-inactive">Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)</a> <time title="2012-02-07 00:21:57 UTC" datetime="2012-02-07T00:21:57.308556+00:00">on 2012-02-07</time> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td colspan="2">Changed in apache2 (Debian): </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>status</b>: </td> <td> New → Confirmed </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/4" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~henkpoley" class="sprite person">Henk Poley (henkpoley)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2013-11-24T05:53:48.750124+00:00" title="2013-11-24 05:53:48 UTC">on 2013-11-24</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/796750/comments/4"> #4</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <div class="editable-message-body"> <div class="comment-text editable-message-text" itemprop="commentText"><p>Upstream has rejected the patch. Would you be so kind to add this patch to the ubuntu delta?</p></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10">Upstream has rejected the patch. 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