[Jerome Warnier] > So what? Am I stuck with my problem like so many people are already? And > a "friendly" takeover of the package? I suspect you will discover and get stuck in the power games in Debian. > I already have to problem on at least 4 machines, with things as > POP-before-SMTP and log analysers, packaged in Debian. I would recommend changing to another syslogd. There are several, and you could switch to one with a closer match to your needs.