Hello Adolf,

I don’t think that we should need this loop. I believe that /usr/sbin/apachectl -k stop should only return once the service has properly been terminated. Is that an incorrect assumption?

-Michael

> On 24 Apr 2024, at 17:56, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> - The change of the apache initscript in CU181 made the restart comand a stop followed by a
>   start. From bug13656 it looks like when the start is run the pid file may not yet be
>   fully removed and so apache is not started, although the pid is being removed.
> - This patch checks if the pid file is still present every second up to 10 seconds. Once the
>   pid file is gone then the stop command is completed and the initscript moves to the start
>   command.
> - Rather than apply a fixed delay of 2 or 3 or 4 seconds I used a while loop to check every
>   second if the file is still present. If at the end of 10 seconds it is still present
>   then something went wrong with the pid removal.
> - I have tested this patch on my vm system and it worked but it would be good to be
>   reviewed to make sure that it is a reasonable approach that has been used and if required
>   changed in whatever way makes the best sense.
> 
> Fixes: Bug13656
> Tested-by: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org>
> Signed-off-by: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> src/initscripts/system/apache | 12 +++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/apache b/src/initscripts/system/apache
> index 18eb86e2f..087e4084e 100644
> --- a/src/initscripts/system/apache
> +++ b/src/initscripts/system/apache
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> ###############################################################################
> #                                                                             #
> # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
> -# Copyright (C) 2007-2022  IPFire Team  <info(a)ipfire.org>                     #
> +# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info(a)ipfire.org>                     #
> #                                                                             #
> # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
> # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
> @@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ case "$1" in
> stop)
> boot_mesg "Stopping Apache daemon..."
> /usr/sbin/apachectl -k stop
> + COUNTER=0
> + while [ -e /var/run/httpd.pid ]
> + do
> + sleep 1
> + (( COUNTER++ ))
> + if [ $COUNTER -eq 10 ]; then
> + boot_mesg "pid not removed after 10 seconds"
> + break
> + fi
> + done
> evaluate_retval
> ;;
> 
> -- 
> 2.44.0
>