Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/apache: use "Debian" filesystem layout to fix read-only rootfs

Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <[email protected]>
Newsgroups net.busybox.buildroot
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On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 01:04:08AM +0200, Fiona Klute via buildroot wrote:
> The previous configuration placed both logs and PID file in /var/logs,
> which is not writable with a read-only rootfs (e.g. squashfs), as well
> as non-standard. Starting HTTPD during boot failed with:
> 
> (30)Read-only file system: AH00091: httpd: could not open error log file /var/logs/error_log.
> AH00015: Unable to open logs
> 
> An additional issue was that the Buildroot-default --prefix=/usr
> override meant various Apache-internal directories (e.g. htdocs) were
> placed directly in /usr. Note that the upstream default prefix is
> /usr/local/apache2, not /usr/local.
> 
> Using the "Debian" layout provides a standard-compatible layout with
> logs in /var/log/apache2 and PID file in /var/run/apache2 (both in
> tmpfs with the default Buildroot fstab). Both directories need to
> exist when the server starts, so handle that in the init script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fiona Klute <[email protected]>

Thanks, series applied!

Thomas
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