But the OP says that : "it is started too soon you see an error message about port 80 being busy (still used by not sopped apache) and apache then fails to start."
I assumed the "waiting ...done" message was indicating that it actually waited for apache to stop, and thus the start wouldn't hit the taken port 80. -- apache2 restart fails, but exit code is zero https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656738 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs