Question : To httpd or to apachectl?? upgrade kills autostart

I upgraded and Make/ Make dep, etc with a new distro of Apache.
Previously HTTPD start was in rc.d httpd  this calls the older version which lives in /usr/sbin/httpd (an executable)

Now I must use /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

in init.d rc.d the script for starting the apache server during boot up time seems to reside.

I have tried adding the new path to /etc/profile
tried cp the new version of httpd to /usr/sbin
but there is a module in the newer version that was compiled in to use php4 and when called from anywhere other than apachectl or /usr/local/apache/bin it aborts and complains about the missing module.  both apachectl and httpd start work from /usr/local/apache/bin, but the version of httpd in /usr/sbin is the same as in the other dir.  How do I change this.  Pretty minor, but an irritant.

Answer : To httpd or to apachectl?? upgrade kills autostart

Alter your /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd file so that the command reads : damemon /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd

The file in this directory is a simple script, and the above note is only one of several possible solutions.  You can also remove the httpd script from the init.d directory, and replace it with a link to /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl

If you do this, you will have to relink the rc3 (rc4, rc5, rcn...) directory entries for http startup.

Good Luck!

Brandon