httpd fails after boot

[Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED]

On my Fedora 7 (I know its old) I have been upgrading
my httpd.config, including adding some Includes and
RewriteCond(ENV:...).  I just noticed that after a
boot, the web server fails.  This can be corrected
with:   /etc/init.d/httpd restart
which returns OK on both the stop and start.
I note also that on boot, starting httpd reports OK.
The environment variable it uses is defined in
/etc/bashrc .

Thanks for your suggestions.

Mike.