From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 3 20:20:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7114106568B for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBFE48FC0C for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m93KK6fc013669 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:20:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m93KK6LD013668; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:20:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:20:06 GMT Message-Id: <200810032020.m93KK6LD013668@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: David Malone Cc: Subject: Re: conf/100616: [patch] syslog.conf: lines after exclamation point ignored X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: David Malone List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:20:07 -0000 The following reply was made to PR conf/100616; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, royce@alaska.net Cc: Subject: Re: conf/100616: [patch] syslog.conf: lines after exclamation point ignored Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:18:41 +0100 Hi Royce, I think this is a consequence of the program specification feature of syslogd - have a look at the syslog.conf man page and search for "program specification". As a documented feature, it is probably not something that we can change. However, we could add a warning to syslog.conf. David.