[Bug 70074] New: Installing on Ubuntu/Debian: Superfluous command (apache2 start)

[email protected] Mon, 25 May 2026 19:16:40 +0000

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https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70074

            Bug ID: 70074
           Summary: Installing on Ubuntu/Debian: Superfluous command
                    (apache2 start)
           Product: Apache httpd-2
           Version: 2.5-HEAD
          Hardware: All
               URL: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/en/install.html#ov
                    erview
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P4
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
  Target Milestone: ---

The Installing on Ubuntu/Debian subsection of the Compiling and Installing page
contains, as last command:
> sudo service apache2 start
This command is designed to start httpd, which obviously does not install it,
but in that context, it just has no effect, as Debian has automatically started
httpd for decades:
https://salsa.debian.org/apache-team/apache2/-/blob/173cc1c8583ab5374d0bb2b968e429e72462d8f9/debian/httpd2.1-mpm-event.postinst#L16-20

🅭🄍: https://www.philippecloutier.com/Common+infrastructure+licensing#its

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