apache2 @2.2.25_0+preforkmpm (active) httpd not working (Cannot execute binary file)

[bastien.guillaume@…]

I cannot manage to make macports' built apache2 work under 10.5.8 PPC

new-host:~ User$ sudo bash -x /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start
+ ARGV='-k start'
+ HTTPD=/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd
+ test -f /opt/local/apache2/bin/envvars
+ . /opt/local/apache2/bin/envvars
++ test x '!=' x
++ DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib
++ export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH
+ LYNX='lynx -dump'
+ STATUSURL=http://localhost:80/server-status
+ ULIMIT_MAX_FILES=
+ '[' x '!=' x ']'
+ ERROR=0
+ '[' 'x-k start' = x ']'
+ case $ARGV in
+ /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
+ ERROR=1
+ exit 1
new-host:~ User$ sudo bash -x /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd: /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd: cannot execute binary file

new-host:~ User$ file /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd
/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd: Mach-O executable ppc

[bastien.guillaume@…]

I cannot manage to make macports' built apache2 work under 10.5.8 PPC

new-host:~ User$ sudo bash -x /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start
+ ARGV='-k start'
+ HTTPD=/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd
+ test -f /opt/local/apache2/bin/envvars
+ . /opt/local/apache2/bin/envvars
++ test x '!=' x
++ DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib
++ export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH
+ LYNX='lynx -dump'
+ STATUSURL=http://localhost:80/server-status
+ ULIMIT_MAX_FILES=
+ '[' x '!=' x ']'
+ ERROR=0
+ '[' 'x-k start' = x ']'
+ case $ARGV in
+ /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
+ ERROR=1
+ exit 1

new-host:~ User$ sudo bash -x /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd: /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd: cannot execute binary file

new-host:~ User$ file /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd
/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd: Mach-O executable ppc

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I've updated the port to 2.2.26; please wait 30 minutes, then run "sudo port selfupdate" and "sudo port upgrade outdated" and then try again and let me know if that changes anything. Apache worked fine for me last time I used it on Leopard and on PowerPC but that was several years ago.

I'm not familiar with "bash -x"... what does it do and why is it needed here?

[bastien.guillaume@…]

Thanks for your prompt answer Ryan.

I might have bothered you for no reason anyway. I should have checked the error_log before posting. There was this error there :

[alert] (EAI 8)nodename nor servname provided, or not known: mod_unique_id: unable to find IPv4 address of "new-host.home"
Configuration Failed

which seems to be related (according to ​this thread) to getaddrinfo() and that can be fixed by modifying the hosts file.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I'm hoping the above means you were able to fix the problem.