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Subject: Re: Apache stopped working after upgrade to 6.2-stable
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> Configtest says it's fine.  apachectl start says it starts.  But it 
> actually doesn't.  Nothing in /var/log/messages, nothing in 
> /var/log/httpd-error.log - and nothing in 
> /usr/local/etc/apache/logs/error_log.

I had the same problem at the weekend. I upgrade by
uninstalling all packages, cvsup, reinstall all packages.
It turns out that I had forgotten to re-install cronolog
which I use for log rotation. Without it apache dies siliently
on startup. Check you havent got a similar thing going on.

cheers,

-pete.