I broke my Apache 2.4 install and I need help!

[William Dudley]

When I blow away /usr/local/etc/apache24 (really, rename it to something
else)
and do "pkg upgrade -f apache24", I get the following messages:

[1/1] Reinstalling apache24-2.4.33...
===> Creating groups.
Using existing group 'www'.
===> Creating users
Using existing user 'www'.
[1/1] Extracting apache24-2.4.33: 100%
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf if it is no longer
needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-dav.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-default.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-info.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-languages.conf if it is no longer
needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-manual.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-mpm.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf if it is no
longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-ssl.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-userdir.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove
/usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/proxy-html.conf if it is no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf if it is
no longer needed.
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/apache24/magic if it is no
longer needed.
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/apache24/mime.types if it is
no longer needed.

Why does it say this?  It makes no sense.  This is during the *install*
phase, remember.
The install creates an httpd.conf which is identical to http.conf.sample,
of which I had a copy.

Anyway, still hosed.  Virtualhosts is totally broken, but apache will serve
ONE web site.

Bill Dudley


This email is free of malware because I run Linux.

On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Matt Smith <matt.xtaz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Apr 02 16:57, William Dudley wrote:
>
>> I did as you suggested (I made a backup prior.) (I also have good backups,
>> just not of the file
>> that FreeBSD/Apache said is "no longer needed").
>>
>> I got this message:
>>
>> "You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf if it
>> is no longer needed."
>>
>> And the re-install didn't re-write that file from my attempt at getting
>> things running.
>> Apache is still totally hosed.
>>
>> I am confused as to why it says httpd.conf is no longer needed, but
>> everything is totally hosed
>> after I removed it.
>>
>>
> It's because a pkg upgrade is actually doing a pkg delete and then a pkg
> install. You are seeing that message because it's telling you that if you
> no longer want to use apache after deleting it then you can remove that
> file. But then it's actually installing the upgraded version once again.
>
> Ok, next idea. Are there any files called httpd.conf.sample? If so you can
> probably copy that. Packages usually install a .sample file and then copy
> them to the proper file if it doesn't already exist.
>
> Failing that you may have to move the old apache directory out of the way
> so it doesn't exist at all and then force the reinstall, copy the file out
> of it into your original directory, and then move it back again.
>
> --
> Matt
>