Upgrades BROKE system again

Submitted by compserv on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 21:52

Installed Apache updates. Now Apache server will not start.

Starting web server: apache2Syntax error on line 69 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/abjones.myobcba.info.conf: Invalid command 'php_value', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration failed!

It worked before I installed the upgrade. AB Jones is a Wordpress site for a client.

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Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 00:56

Every time I've seen this, it is due to an issue with Debian's Apache package, which disabled mod_php when upgraded :-(

The fix is to go to Webmin -> Servers -> Apache Webserver -> Global configuration -> Configure Apache Modules, and re-enable the php5 module.

Submitted by compserv on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 18:09

Thanks for the info. Enabled PHP5.

Apache still does not start. Error Message:

Failed to start service : Starting web server: apache2apache2: Syntax error on line 185 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 1 of /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.load: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so into server: /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory failed!

Submitted by compserv on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 18:13

Looks like libphp5.so was not created. So, how do I create it?

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 00:53

Maybe the libapache2-mod-php5 package is not installed?

You can install it with apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

Submitted by sgrayban on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 05:38

This is a bug that debian will not fix. I have pestered them so much they banned me from making any reports about this issue with apache.

I have found a couple ways to prevent a upgrade breaking the system when it comes to apache.

First create the file /etc/apt/preferences

Then add the following to it

Package: apache2-mpm-worker
Pin: version 1.0*
Pin-Priority: 1001

This will prevent apache2-mpm-worker from being installed automatically which breaks the system by removing libapache2-mod-php5.

This isn't perfect either, if you have the package updates to install instead of notify it will ignore this.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 11:34

Just out of interest, did they ever say why Debian's apache package behaves like this?