Bug#2836: wrong pidfile for sysklogd
> This bug is caused because of an incorrect <paths.h> include
> file. Syslogd takes care of its contents. The file says:
>
> #define _PATH_LOGCONF __PATH_ETC_INET"/syslog.conf"
> #if 0
> #define _PATH_LOGPID __PATH_ETC_INET"/syslog.pid"
> #else
> #define _PATH_LOGPID "/var/run/syslog.pid"
> #endif
>
> I will change this in the syslogd source and reassign this bug to the
> package libc5-dev.
What's wrong with /var/run/syslog.pid?
David
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