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Included upstream patches for 1.3.1 to 1.3.3 and modified debian/rules

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to support better debugging by including a patch to the modules package.
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Joey Schulze
1997-06-13 07:42:20 +00:00
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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ System logging is provided by a version of
.BR syslogd (8)
derived from the
stock BSD sources. Support for kernel logging is provided by the
.BR syslogd (8)
.BR klogd (8)
utility which allows kernel logging to be conducted in either a
standalone fashion or as a client of syslogd.
@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ defined.
.TP
.BI "\-l " "hostlist"
Specify a hostname that should be logged only with its simple hostname
and not the the fqdn. Multiple hosts may be specified using the colon
and not the fqdn. Multiple hosts may be specified using the colon
(``:'') separator.
.TP
.BI "\-m " "interval"
@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ will also match) to go into
.PP
Under the new scheme this behavior remains the same. The difference
is the addition of four new specifiers, the asterisk (\fB*\fR)
wildcard the equation sign (\fB=\fR), the exclamation mark
(\fB!\fR) and the minus sign (\fB-\fR).
wildcard, the equation sign (\fB=\fR), the exclamation mark
(\fB!\fR), and the minus sign (\fB-\fR).
The \fB*\fR specifies that all messages for the
specified facility are to be directed to the destination. Note that
@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ file.
.IP
.nf
# Sample syslog.conf
daemon.=debug /usr/adm/debug
*.=debug /usr/adm/debug
.fi
.PP
.\" The \fB!\fR as the first character of a priority inverts the above
@ -456,11 +456,11 @@ dealing with the occasional recalcitrant or belligerent individual.
.SH DEBUGGING
When debugging is turned on using
.B "\-d"
option the
option then
.B syslogd
will very verbose by writing much of what it does on stdout. Whenever
will be very verbose by writing much of what it does on stdout. Whenever
the configuration file is reread and re-parsed you'll see a tabular,
corresponding on the internal data structure. This tabular consists of
corresponding to the internal data structure. This tabular consists of
four fields:
.TP
.I number
@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ manpage for all possible actions.
This field shows additional arguments to the actions in the last
field. For file-logging this is the filename for the logfile; for
user-logging this is a list of users; for remote logging this is the
the hostname of the machine to log to; for console-logging this is the
hostname of the machine to log to; for console-logging this is the
used console; for tty-logging this is the specified tty; wall has no
additional arguments.
.SH FILES