Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG

You have to edit config.h after running configure. I realize this is a
pain. You could edit config.h.in, and configure would pick that up.
Perhaps we need to split out the configure-based stuff from config.h.

Comments?

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> Your name : Jim Mercer
> Your email address : jim(at)reptiles(dot)org
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> Category : install: compile
> Severity : serious
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> Summary: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG
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> System Configuration
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> Operating System : FreeBSD 2,3
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> PostgreSQL version : 6.5,6.5.1
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> Compiler used : gcc
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> Pentium
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> Versions of other tools:
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> standard
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> Problem Description:
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> the flag USE_SYSLOG is defined in config.h, which is
> created by configure.
> the configure script does not know about USE_SYSLOG, however, i believe it knows about syslog in general
> (ie it knows if there is a syslog(), and hence can enable based on that)
> the documentation talks about syslog, but does not list a procedure for enabling it.
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> Solution:
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> change configure to enable USE_SYSLOG if syslog facilities are available.
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