general/8251: Some directives parsed via Include directive do not log error info

[Seb Bacon <se...@jamkit.com>]

>Number:         8251
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Some directives parsed via Include directive do not log error info
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 28 04:40:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     seb@jamkit.com
>Release:        1.3.19
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Linux lenin 2.4.2 #8 Thu Apr 12 17:53:34 BST 2001 i586 unknown (RedHat 7.0)
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81)
>Description:
If you use a directive which takes as its argument a path (e.g. ErrorLog),
and the path you specify does not exist, httpd fails silently without reporting
the error.  This only occurs inside a VirtualHost context, and only when the 
VirtualHost configurations lines are included using the Include <foldername> 
(as opposed to Include <filename>) directive.
>How-To-Repeat:
Create a VirtualHost section in its own file, with something like:
  ErrorLog "/not/a/path"
Put this VH snippet file in its own directory, and include its *folder* using the Include directive.
Restart httpd.  It fails to start but doesn't log any reason why.
>Fix:
Sorry - no :-)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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