`apache2ctl restart` makes apache forget about cgi-bin

Solution 1:

Based on the comments and link to a bug report above, this does appear to have been a valid bug that has been recently resolved; from https://bugs.debian.org/743860 :

From: Jean-Michel Vourgère
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: apache2: Apache forgets about /cgi-bin on restart
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:12:12 +0000

Source: apache2 Source-Version: 2.4.10-1

Hello

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and a maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.