[Bug 875883] [NEW] apache2 cannot start because /var/log/apache2/ doesn't exist

[gsgleason]

Public bug reported:

New install of apache2 on ubuntu 11.10.  Tried to start it, with
apachectl or service command, and it fails.

$ sudo service apache2 start
 * Starting web server apache2                                                  (2)No such file or directory: apache2: could not open error log file /var/log/apache2/error.log.
Unable to open logs
Action 'start' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.
                                                                         [fail]


I created the directory and it starts fine now.

The apache2 package install should create this directory so the user
doesn't have to.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apache2 2.2.20-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 16 11:59:23 2011
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apache2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: apache2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric

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