On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:09:13PM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:04:57 +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:35:16AM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> > > We don't actually have any log file descriptors since we have
> > > sendsyslog(2) so make the description a bit more generic.
> > > It is also closer to what POSIX says.
> > > 
> > > OK?
> > 
> > The term "log file" could be misunderstood as refering to a log file.
> > 
> > Is "... will close any open file descriptor for logging." better?
> 
> Possibly.  I don't like using "log file" either.  POSIX says any
> file descriptors opened by openlog() or syslog().  So perhaps:
> 
> The
> .Fn closelog
> function will close any file descriptors opened by the
> .Fn openlog ,
> .Fn openlog_r ,
> .Fn syslog
> or
> .Fn syslog_r
> functions.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
>  - todd
> 

i misread the original diff also. i think what you propose now is clearer.
jmc

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