Re: syslog() blocks on glibc 2.1.3 with kernel 2.2.x

2000-10-28 Thread Stephen Harris
this been addressed (and I missed it) or did the question get diverted? If it has been addressed, just please mail me personally to save traffic on the list. Thanks! -- Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spuddy.org/ The truth

Re: syslog() blocks on glibc 2.1.3 with kernel 2.2.x

2000-10-29 Thread Stephen Harris
. syslog is not a reliable mechanism and many programs have been written assuming they can fire off syslog() calls without worry. Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spuddy.org/ The truth is the truth, and opinion just opinion. But what

Re: syslog() blocks on glibc 2.1.3 with kernel 2.2.x

2000-10-28 Thread Stephen Harris
in. Has this been addressed (and I missed it) or did the question get diverted? If it has been addressed, just please mail me personally to save traffic on the list. Thanks! -- Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spuddy.org/

Re: syslog() blocks on glibc 2.1.3 with kernel 2.2.x

2000-10-29 Thread Stephen Harris
OCK regardless of whether it's local or remote. syslog is not a reliable mechanism and many programs have been written assuming they can fire off syslog() calls without worry. Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spuddy.org/ The

Re: syslog() blocks on glibc 2.1.3 with kernel 2.2.x

2000-10-29 Thread Stephen Harris
oded assuming that they will not be frozen in syslog(). Linux should not be different in this respect. Hmm... it might be nice to be this a system tunable parameter but I'm not sure the best way of doing that (glibc maybe?) Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROT