Okay: It was me that moved the directory to the wrong place: /apache. When I put it back, it does recover fine. Here's the diagnostic when I take it away:
# apt-get install apache Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: apache 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/384kB of archives. After unpacking 717kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package apache. (Reading database ... 29712 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking apache (from .../apache_1.3.33-6_i386.deb) ... grep: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory Stopping web server: apacheNo process in pidfile `/var/run/apache.pid' found running; none killed. . Setting up apache (1.3.33-6) ... Not replacing deleted config file /etc/apache/httpd.conf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/apache/srm.conf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/apache/access.conf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/apache/modules.conf Can't open config file /etc/apache/httpd.conf. No such file or directory Can't open config file /etc/apache/httpd.conf. No such file or directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.postinst: line 7: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.postinst: line 7: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.postinst: line 7: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.postinst: line 7: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory grep: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory Configuration syntax error detected. Not reloading. fopen: No such file or directory apache: could not open document config file /etc/apache/httpd.conf invoke-rc.d: initscript apache, action "start" failed. I'm taking the bus home in a minute, but I'll be at [EMAIL PROTECTED] there. -----Original Message----- From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:19 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: apt-get install won't recover from removal of apache directory in /etc/ On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 06:11:46PM -0700, Xeno Campanoli wrote: > Not only that, it seems to have deleted the one I stowed in /etc/old which I > was gonna use to recover from. > The exact error message would be immensely helpful. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
