slow apache2 restart

On ubuntu/debian, restarting apache2 is rather slow, which may be annoying if you are developping and restarting it frequently. I measured it and it is exactly 10 seconds.

$ date;sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart;date
Thu Jan 29 11:44:30 CET 2009
* Restarting web server
apache2                              [ OK ]
Thu Jan 29 11:44:41 CET 2009

After looking at /etc/init.d/apache2 script, i localize an evil "sleep 10" :) removing it made the restart intantaneous.

 restart | force-reload)
   log_begin_msg "Forcing reload of web server (apache2)..."
   if ! apache_stop; then
      log_end_msg 1
   fi
   # <<<<< the following line has been commented
   # sleep 10
   if $APACHE2CTL start; then
      log_end_msg 0
   else
      log_end_msg 1
   fi
;;