build/8888: Default Group argument is not properly substituted by "make install"

[Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>]

>Number:         8888
>Category:       build
>Synopsis:       Default Group argument is not properly substituted by "make install"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 28 07:30:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     obo@bourse.ch
>Release:        1.3.22
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Most Unix systems
>Description:
Previous distros (< 1.3.22) had the line:

Group #-1

in httpd.conf-dist. On "make install", this gets substituted by the 
top-level Makefile using the command:

sed -e 's;Group #-1;Group $(conf_group);' \

where $(conf_group) = nobody so that in the final installed httpd.conf, you have:

Group nobody

In apache_1.3.22, in httpd.conf-dist, the line has become:

Group "#-1"

but in the Makefile, the sed command has not been altered. Therefore, it 
doesn't match and no substitution is made. We then get, in httpd.conf:

Group "#-1"

and when starting the server, you get the error:

[alert] (22)Invalid argument: setgid: unable to set group id to Group 4294967295

>How-To-Repeat:
Try a vanilla install with no modifications and see.
>Fix:
Change the line in the top-level Makefile to read:

sed -e 's;Group \"#-1\";Group $(conf_group);' \

To be exact, it's a large extended line but if you search for "Group" after
the install-config target, you'll find it.
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