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To check your apache2 config files for syntax errors run sudo apache2ctl configtest or shorter sudo apache2ctl -t
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When your cucumber features grow massively over time, the test execution can take a lot of time.
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Wrapping a string in this class gives you a prettier way to test for equality.
passenger-install-apache2-module --auto
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