general/5168: HTTPD gets broken pipe when error 404

[Daniel Lilienberg <dl...@globecom.se>]

>Number:         5168
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       HTTPD gets broken pipe when error 404
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 19 01:40:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     dl@globecom.se
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.9
>Environment:
Linux (redhat 6.0), kernel 2.2.12 SMP (x2), egcs 1.1.2
>Description:
HTTPD runs perfectly until 8-10 in the morning when INFOSEEK searches for /robots.txt
on one of my virtual hosts. I have no error-document, and the log files from apache says:

SIGHUP received, attempting to restart...
then.....
Broken Pipe (client socket), Error 32   (about 70 pcs.)

The silly thing is, I haven't send the SIGHUP. Does apache do that itself ?
httpd doesn't restart, and I have to do it. A apachestl start won't do...
>How-To-Repeat:
ariel.globecom.net:8080/error.html
>Fix:
No, but Apache 1.3.6 works fine with same configure-options and httpd.conf.
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