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

Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> 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.

That might be a good idea, now that so much stuff is configure-driven.
Actually I'd be inclined to leave configure producing config.h, and have
config.h #include a separate file that contains the non-machine-handled
config symbols. "siteconfig.h", maybe.

Re the original complaint,

>> change configure to enable USE_SYSLOG if syslog facilities are available.

I do *not* think that configure should automatically turn on USE_SYSLOG
just because it can find a syslog() subroutine. Maybe the admin wants
the log sent to syslog and maybe he doesn't. I'd be happier with adding
a configure command line switch, say "--enable-syslog".

regards, tom lane