From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37333 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755936AbbGTIz6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:55:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:55:56 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Sami Kerola Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] logger: do not exit when socket errors are not enforced Message-ID: <20150720085556.GE11633@ws.net.home> References: <1437337152-947-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1437337152-947-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 09:19:12PM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote: > The libc openlog(3) does not have error detection whether unix socket > could be opened. As a side effect that made it possible to use logger > even if syslogd was not running. Of course user message in these cases > were lost. This change makes the logger do behave similar way again, so > that sysvinit scripts can successfully pipe messages to logger when ever. Applied, thanks -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com