From d4f90ed37ecfae096dc6bf79f0ca0cefc5ff5756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 09:28:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] This patch from Vitezslav Batrla, is a cleaner fix for the
 problem with syslogd logging the '<' char.

---
 sysklogd/syslogd.c | 20 +++++---------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index bafbaa35b..416521f3c 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -424,31 +424,21 @@ static int serveConnection(char *tmpbuf, int n_read)
 	while (p < tmpbuf + n_read) {
 
 		int pri = (LOG_USER | LOG_NOTICE);
+		int num_lt = 0;
 		char line[MAXLINE + 1];
 		unsigned char c;
 		char *q = line;
-		char *p1 = 0;
-		int	 oldpri;
 
 		while ((c = *p) && q < &line[sizeof(line) - 1]) {
-			if (c == '<' && p1 == 0) {
+			if (c == '<' && num_lt == 0) {
 				/* Parse the magic priority number. */
-				p1 = p;
-				oldpri = pri;
+				num_lt++;
 				pri = 0;
 				while (isdigit(*(++p))) {
 					pri = 10 * pri + (*p - '0');
 				}
-				if ( *p != '>') {
-					*q++ = c;
-					p=p1;
-					p1=0;
-					pri=oldpri;
-				} else {
-					if (pri & ~(LOG_FACMASK | LOG_PRIMASK)){
-						pri = (LOG_USER | LOG_NOTICE);
-					}
-  				}
+				if (pri & ~(LOG_FACMASK | LOG_PRIMASK)){
+					pri = (LOG_USER | LOG_NOTICE);
 			} else if (c == '\n') {
 				*q++ = ' ';
 			} else if (iscntrl(c) && (c < 0177)) {