Previous syslog.conf revision 1.19 changed *.emerg to be disabled by default, but forgot to change the comment to tell to uncomment the line to enable *.emerg.
Attached patch should fix the comment and reduce confusion.
Index: src/etc/syslog.conf =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/syslog.conf,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.19 syslog.conf --- src/etc/syslog.conf 26 Nov 2015 15:25:14 -0000 1.19 +++ src/etc/syslog.conf 31 May 2016 06:57:08 -0000 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ # as well as all authentication messages sent to root. #*.notice;auth.debug root -# Everyone gets emergency messages. +# Uncomment to have everyone get emergency messages. #*.emerg * # Uncomment to log to a central host named "loghost". You need to run
