Tried 2.4.33 from Debian sid with the fix included and a dummy path ("/etc/apache2/whatever" dir does not exist):
IncludeOptional /etc/apache2/whatever/* stat /etc/apache2/whatever stat: cannot stat '/etc/apache2/whatever': No such file or directory apt policy apache2 apache2: Installed: 2.4.33-2 Candidate: 2.4.33-2 Version table: *** 2.4.33-2 500 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status It works properly as opposed to the version without the fix which fails with: Apr 25 22:19:27 maas-xenial1 apache2[18520]: apache2: Syntax error on line 219 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 16 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/openstack_https_frontend.conf: Could not o -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766186 Title: IncludeOptional fails when a directory does not exist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/1766186/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs