+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #241407 +++

Description of problem:

The default /etc/logrotate.d/httpd incorrectly invokes kill directly, rather
than the more appropriate means of calling /sbin/service httpd restart. The
current behavior has a number of flaws -- it blindly assumes the location of the
PID file, even though the init script accommodates a configurable override of
"PIDFILE" via /etc/sysconfig/httpd. Additionally, there is no benefit from the
existing safeguards in the init script (namely configtest-before-signal).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Verified against both httpd-2.0.52-32.ent and httpd-2.2.3-6.el5.

How reproducible:

Define PIDFILE in /etc/sysconfig/httpd to be something other than
"/var/run/httpd.pid" and observe logs not being rotated properly.

Expected results:

The httpd package should be internally consistent. Instead, default values are
duplicated in multiple locations and configuration files are not handled
uniformly between logrotate and init.

-- Additional comment from jorton on 2007-05-29 09:27 EST --
Thanks for the report.

I notice that the httpd init script itself does not correctly the $PIDFILE
override, since it should be passing -p $pidfile to the killproc function also,
but the fallback in that case is usually sufficient.

-- Additional comment from pm-rhel on 2007-05-29 09:44 EST --
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.