apache2 launchd plist bug?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 27, 2007, at 22:55, Karl Timmermann wrote:

> I'm new to this list but was hoping someone could help me. I  
> recently installed MacPorts 1.4 RC2 and compiled from source. Once  
> installed, I did a port file update, etc before installing apache2  
> + php5 + mysql5. Everything went pretty smoothly (except for some  
> app named conftest that crashed - see crash report below - I'm not  
> sure it matters.)

I get that too, when compiling gettext on Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. I  
wish it wouldn't do that. It has nothing to do with MacPorts; it also  
happens when compiling gettext outside of MacPorts. I hadn't gotten  
around to reporting it to the gettext developers yet. If you would  
like to do so, please do.

> So then I followed instructions to copy over a default httpd.conf  
> file, along with a default php.ini file

Good.

> and then created the launchd startup item by copying the plist and  
> loading it in.

What do you mean? What did you copy? From where? Installing apache2  
should have created the org.macports.apache2.plist launchd item for  
you. Installing mysql5 +server (which I notice you didn't mention)  
should have created the org.macports.mysql5.plist launchd item for you.

> When I restarted, apache2 starts as expected and I can access my  
> webserver. So far so good.
>
> The problem is that after a while - maybe about an hour of use,  
> every application in OS X starts to die - I get the spinning  
> rainbow of death. Force quitting works, but other apps keep dying,  
> even apps I restart. Even the Finder dies. So I force a reboot and  
> it works for about 2 minutes, and then does the same thing again.  
> To fix this problem, I boot into single user mode and delete the  
> 'org.macports.apache2.plist' file and reboot. Everything then goes  
> back to normal.
>
> I then test to make sure it was that plist file by installing the  
> port again, and same problem shows up again. Any ideas? I'm running  
> on a MacBook Pro (Intel Core 2 Duo).

That's not good. I've never seen such behavior before.