stopping seperate (apache) httpd instances

Long story cut short...

apache 2.2.22 on centos 5.8

we need to run two instances in parallel, each with its own httpd.conf
(this seperates out different sites so stopping one doesn't stop the
other).

We would rather not have two totally seprate intalls of apche on the
same box to manage this, preferring to use a single apache instance
with two different httpd.confs

However, whilst

httpd -f 1-httpd.conf -k start starts one instance OK, and
httpd -f 2-httpd.conf -k start errors saying that httpd is
already running

I also note that if httpd -f 1-httpd.conf -k start is "running",

httpd -f 2-httpd.conf -k stop stops ALL the instances of
httpd.conf.

Is it possible to achieve what we want from a single instance of
apache?

(I can't find a dedicated apache usenet forum hence asking it here)

cheers

ian
.

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