Update to Apache 1.3.17-0 (SuSE 6.3)

Hi all, while using SuSE 6.3 I updated the Apache to Version 1.3.17-0 from FTP-Server. After updating the packages on our systems I 've got an error message while restarting the apache with "rcapache restart": rcapache: /etc/rc_status: no such command or file There is no file /etc/rc_status. For what is it ? Do I need it ? After removing this program call out of the startup script, the restart works. Hope somebody can answer my question. Bye Holger