syslog socket

[Adam Monsen]

Chuck Wolber wrote:
[...]
> Is it worth considering patching misc/syslog.c so that openlog() uses an
> alternate socket location as defined in syslog.h? In other words, I feel
> that if I change _PATH_LOG in syslog.h and recompile apps, they should "do
> the right thing". I shouldn't have to recompile glibc in order to
> gracefully repoint everything to a different syslog socket.
[...]

Or how 'bout making the path to the log socket configurable at runtime?

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Adam Monsen