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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221073

--- Comment #7 from JW redhat3@zacglen.com 2012-01-18 16:52:51 EST --- You mean 'apachectl graceful' restarts httpd. A signal cannot restart anything.

In any case:

/sbin/service httpd status >/dev/null && /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful || true

is all that is required to prevent a restart.