diff --git a/libbb/info_msg.c b/libbb/info_msg.c
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+++ b/libbb/info_msg.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+void bb_info_msg(const char *s, ...)
+{
+	va_list p;
+
+	va_start(p, s);
+	bb_vinfo_msg(s, p);
+	va_end(p);
+}
diff --git a/libbb/vinfo_msg.c b/libbb/vinfo_msg.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+void bb_vinfo_msg(const char *s, va_list p)
+{
+	/* va_copy is used because it is not portable
+	 * to use va_list p twice */
+	va_list p2;
+	va_copy(p2, p);
+	if (logmode & LOGMODE_STDIO) {
+		vprintf(s, p);
+		putchar('\n');
+	}
+	if (logmode & LOGMODE_SYSLOG)
+		vsyslog(LOG_INFO, s, p2);
+	va_end(p2);
+}