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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2018 15:01:12 -0700
From:      "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com>
To:        William Dudley <wfdudley@gmail.com>
Cc:        Matt Smith <matt.xtaz@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: I broke my Apache 2.4 install and I need help!
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That's probably because when you reinstall something, it does a remove and
then an install after.

[1/1] Reinstalling apache24-2.4.33...

On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 2:55 PM, William Dudley <wfdudley@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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@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
> >
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